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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rumon meets Breaca of Uther, what does he notices?
(a) That she is dead.
(b) That she is in failing health.
(c) That she is dying.
(d) That she has only one leg.

2. Who did King Edgar marry instead?
(a) Alfrida.
(b) Arles.
(c) Ordgara.
(d) Eneda, the daughter of another Earl.

3. What is Dunstan suggesting to Rumon after his stay at Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) That Rumon go back to France.
(b) That Rumon leave the Queen alone.
(c) That Rumon return to Court.
(d) That Rumon find someone to marry.

4. Who sent Rumon to Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) King Edgar.
(b) Queen Edgive.
(c) Queen Alfrida.
(d) Dunstan.

5. What kind of story is "Avalon?"
(a) A historic story.
(b) An autobiographical story.
(c) A biographical story.
(d) An epic story.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Rumon drink his draught?

2. Who insists that Ethelred go to the coronation?

3. How does the Archbishop feel about the Queen?

4. What did Athelwald tell the King about Earl Ordgar's daughter?

5. What is the name of Earl Ordgar's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rumon decorated his rooms in the Glastonbury Abbey guesthouse during the 2 years he lived there?

2. On the feast of the Assumption, how does Merewyn describe the Abbey's gardens as she sat in them beside Elfled on the well curb?

3. What does King Edgar look like when Rumon and Merewyn first encounter him?

4. What did Rumon say to Merewyn in his letter that he sent to her at the Abbey?

5. What kind of person is Earl Alfhere, Lord of all Mercia, when he is introduced in Chapter 3? What does he look like?

6. Is Breaca, Merewyn's mother, crazy as Rumon thinks she is when he meets her at the beginning of Chapter 2?

7. How did Alfrida act toward Edward in the beginning of Chapter 6?

8. What did the monastery behind the small church that is dedicated to St. Petroc look like when Rumon saw it for the first time?

9. How does Edward describe his love, Elgifu?

10. How does Queen Alfrida look when she arrives in the Great Hall to meet Merewyn and Rumon?

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