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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 does Erik the Red have for his son?

2. What is held every year on the eastern plain of Reykjavik?

3. Where does Merewyn take her aunt's heart after her aunt dies?

4. What does Sigurd think about Christianity?

5. Three days after speaking with the Abbot of Glastonbury, where do Merewyn and her children arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Merewyn see as the differences between Greenland and Iceland?

2. How did Ketil dress on his way to the Allthing, two weeks after Rumon left Iceland?

3. What was wrong with Ethelred's first wife, Queen Elgifu, in the year 1002?

4. How was Merewyn dressed as she followed her men on the way to the Allthing?

5. What did Orm feel for his mother once Orm sold the Bylgia to the Bristol Thane, Odo?

6. How had Bishop Ethelwold done his duty by Merewyn for her trip to St. Petroc's?

7. What was the grand commotion that happened in Greenland in June of 1000?

8. What did Merewyn tell the porter at Glastonbury Abbey that got her in to see the Abbot?

9. When did Rumon get word of Merewyn's whereabouts when he followed her back to Padstow?

10. How did Brother Finian and Rumon find out that the smoke Finian smelled was really a Viking attack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Explore how gender affects the plot and character development in "Avalon." How are male and female characters portrayed? What are the roles of males and females in Medieval society both in England and Iceland? How did gender influence the choices that were available to the characters and the decisions that they made?

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