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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 Gunner?

2. What is Dunstan suggesting to Rumon after his stay at Glastonbury Abbey?

3. What is Breaca's dying wish?

4. Who is Breaca?

5. Who celebrates Edward's requiem mass?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Merewyn when she first encounters Rumon.

10. What happened between Alfrida and Alfhere when Alfhere burst into Alfrida's bower after he heard that Ethelred would not attend Edward's Coronation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Avalon," many brutal Viking raids are described. Compare and contrast the English views of Vikings or Norsemen to what we see when Merewyn becomes an accepted member of Icelandic society.

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of the Catholic Church in "Avalon?" How does the Church influence decisions made by the characters? How would the characters decisions be different if the Church didn't have such pervasive effect in Medieval society?

Essay Topic 3

Merewyn and Rumon are introduced with certain dreams, plans, and expectations. In the course of the novel, these main characters must come to terms with the difference between their dreams and the reality of the world around them. Examine how both Merewyn and Rumon navigate the journey from dreams to reality: What kind of course do they follow and how are they changed as they go on their journey? How do they adjust their idea of what Avalon is from the beginning of the novel to the end? Do they find what they seek?

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