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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. How does the Archbishop feel about the Queen?

2. How long ago did the King dispatch Earl Athelwald of East Anglia?

3. With whom does Dunstan suggest that Rumon marry and have children?

4. Why does Alfrida not want Ethelred to attend Edward's coronation?

5. Why doesn't Rumon drink his draught?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Merewyn changed since she first came to work for Alfrida in the Queen's Bower?

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

3. How does Elfled describe the dream she had to Merewyn while in Ramsey Abbey's garden on the feast of the Assumption?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Edward describe his love, Elgifu?

9. Detail Rumon's vision at Tre-Uther.

10. Describe Brother Finian.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare and contrast Celtic Christianity and Roman Catholicism of Medieval society. What do they have in common? How are they different?

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