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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. Why does Merewyn leave home?

2. What does Rumon feel responsible for?

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

4. What does Merewyn receive from Rumon in Chapter 7?

5. What does Merewyn hope her prayers will accomplish?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Brother Finian.

6. Why did Rumon leave his homeland?

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

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

9. When Bishop Ethelwold visited Abbess Merwinna, what did he say happened to Alfhere?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select a moment or scene in "Avalon" that you find especially memorable. Identify the passage, explain how it is used in the novel, and analyze the reasons for its effectiveness.

Essay Topic 2

What is the passionate emotion that is communicated in "Avalon?" Why was Seton moved to write? What is the thing that the Seton had to communicate? Explain Seton's motivating emotion and how it is explored in "Avalon?"

Essay Topic 3

In "Avalon," Merewyn must contend with her past and the truth of who she is. Explain how Merewyn's relationship to her past and how she deals with who she is affects what she does, what she thinks and even some of her values and how the way Merewyn deals with who she is contributes to the novel.

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