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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Breaca?

2. Why do Rumon and Merewyn suspect that Merewyn's mother is dead?

3. How does Merewyn react to Rumon's betrothal?

4. How does the Queen react to the King's decision as to whom he has chosen to succeed him?

5. What does the King tell Merewyn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Rumon's nightmare on Christmas night after Alfrida had made time to see him earlier in the day?

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

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

4. Describe Merewyn when she first encounters Rumon.

5. Describe Caw when he is first introduced in Chapter 1.

6. What terrible events followed very soon after Edward's Coronation?

7. Why was the thought of Merewyn painful for Rumon as he talked to Dunstan outside his guesthouse rooms at Glastonbury Abbey?

8. What happened when Edward's body thane, Gunnar, is sent to Alfrida on Coronation Eve?

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

10. How did Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, look when Rumon first sees him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The dove motif appears several times in "Avalon." Why is the dove used in the story? How does it relate to those particular scenes in the novel? How is it important to the overall theme or plot?

Essay Topic 2

Compare England with Great Ireland where Rumon was held captive for 3 years with the Culdees. Explain how the two places differ, what each place represents, and how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.

Essay Topic 3

Alfrida could be considered a villainness. Analyze the nature of her villainy and show how it enhances the meaning of the novel and is crucial to plot development.

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