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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. How does Merewyn react to what Rumon tells her when they sit down at twilight?
2. What does the Abbot suggest to Merewyn regarding her question?
3. What does Merewyn want Sigurd to do while at the Althing?
4. What kind of a ruler is Ethelred?
5. What does Ketil call Merewyn?
Short Essay Questions
1. How were Merewyn, Orm, and Thora received at the hostel at Glastonbury Abbey?
2. What did Merewyn tell the porter at Glastonbury Abbey that got her in to see the Abbot?
3. How did Merewyn describe the Hafnarfell Mountains?
4. How was Sigurd dressed as he followed Ketil on the way to the Allthing?
5. How does Merewyn's mother-in-law, Asgerd feel about Merewyn?
6. What did Merewyn see on her trip to the Allthing?
7. Where was Merewyn's interview and what was Merewyn doing with Abbess Merwinna when the Abbess told Merewyn that she couldn't be accepted into the novitiate?
8. What did Orm feel for his mother once Orm sold the Bylgia to the Bristol Thane, Odo?
9. What was wrong with Ethelred's first wife, Queen Elgifu, in the year 1002?
10. How was Merewyn dressed as she followed her men on the way to the Allthing?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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