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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. Ketil rides around on his horse looking for whom at "Logberg"?
2. What do Sigurd, Merewyn, Orm, and Ketil call their new home?
3. Which country does regular trade with Greenland in 1000?
4. Where do Ketil and his group arrive when Rumon has been gone a fortnight?
5. Where does Merewyn take her aunt's heart after her aunt dies?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Finian and Rumon went up to the monastery, what did the prior, Poldu, say happened to Merewyn during the Viking raid?
2. What was Ethelred like in the year 1002?
3. What happened to England as Ethelred cowered in his palace at Winchester?
4. What was the grand commotion that happened in Greenland in June of 1000?
5. When did Rumon get word of Merewyn's whereabouts when he followed her back to Padstow?
6. How did Merewyn describe the Hafnarfell Mountains?
7. What is Thora, Merewyn's daughter, like in June of 1000?
8. When Brother Finian told Rumon that he smelled smoke as they came to the broad estuary of the Camel River in their search for Merewyn, how did Rumon respond to Finian?
9. Why couldn't Merewyn get the land grants and the title of Thane for Orm that she wanted in the year 1002?
10. How does Merewyn describe Thorbjorg, the seeress from Brattalid?
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
How does the title of the novel, "Avalon," relate to the novel itself? Is the title descriptive? A statement of the theme? Or something else altogether? Why Did Seton choose the title "Avalon" over other possibilities? Analyze the relationship between title and novel, paying attention to the reasons that the title highlights something that the Seton wants readers to know or come to understand about the novel.
Essay Topic 3
In "Avalon," some of the characters are given positive, sympathetic portrayals. Others have negative, perhaps even villainous portrayals. Others may be introduced as negative but gradually become positive. How does Seton indicate which characters are positive and which are negative? What details, actions, and characteristics does Seton give us to help us define which characters are "good" in the novel and which ones are "bad?" Explain how you are able to tell the difference.
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