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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 is held every year on the eastern plain of Reykjavik?
2. How quickly do Rumon and the fishermen he hired reach the mouth of the Shannon River?
3. What mountains does Merewyn have a view of from her home?
4. What does Merewyn want Sigurd to do while at the Althing?
5. What does Merewyn do to avoid Rumon after what happens at twilight on the top of the Tor?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Ethelred like in the year 1002?
2. How did Bishop Ethelwold reply to Merewyn when she asked him where she should go upon her return from her journey to bury the Abbess' heart at St. Petroc's?
3. Why couldn't Merewyn get the land grants and the title of Thane for Orm that she wanted in the year 1002?
4. What did Merewyn tell the porter at Glastonbury Abbey that got her in to see the Abbot?
5. What was wrong with Ethelred's first wife, Queen Elgifu, in the year 1002?
6. How were Merewyn, Orm, and Thora received at the hostel at Glastonbury Abbey?
7. What did Merewyn see as the differences between Greenland and Iceland?
8. How did Brother Finian and Rumon find out that the smoke Finian smelled was really a Viking attack?
9. What was the grand commotion that happened in Greenland in June of 1000?
10. What did Merewyn see on her trip to the Allthing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Avalon" has many journeys in it. Discuss how these journeys of Rumon and Merewyn add to the novel as a whole and parallel the inner journeys that both Rumon and Merewyn experience.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Compare and contrast Celtic Christianity and Roman Catholicism of Medieval society. What do they have in common? How are they different?
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