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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. What happened to Breaca's family during the Viking attack?

2. What does Athelwald do after his report to the King?

3. What other name is Romieux de Provence known by?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 7, where is Merewyn living?

5. Who is Gunner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Merewyn when she first encounters Rumon.

4. Why did Rumon leave his homeland?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Think about how the characters, setting, and themes in "Avalon" relate to the period in which it was written. (The early to mid 1960s.) How is it a reflection, and how is it a criticism of that time period? How does Seton make her opinions about that world clear to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the relationship between the characters and the setting for "Avalon." Think about the way that the characters are described, their characteristics, the conflicts that they face, the actions they take, and their emotional reactions. Compare these qualities to the setting--to the way that it is described, to the particular things that are described, and to the words that are used to describe the place(s) where "Avalon" takes place. Explain how the setting of "Avalon" is representative (or not) of the characters.

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