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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 the Abbess speak of to the nuns during the interviews?
2. What does Rumon offer to do for Merewyn when he meets her at the place where she has taken her aunt's heart?
3. How long is it since the Viking raid at the beginning of Chapter 10?
4. Where do Ketil and his group arrive when Rumon has been gone a fortnight?
5. What does King Ethelred do while the Vikings attack England?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the grand commotion that happened in Greenland in June of 1000?
2. What did the Abbess Merwinna request of Merewyn?
3. 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?
4. How does Merewyn describe Thorbjorg, the seeress from Brattalid?
5. How was Sigurd dressed as he followed Ketil on the way to the Allthing?
6. What is Thora, Merewyn's daughter, like in June of 1000?
7. How did Ketil dress on his way to the Allthing, two weeks after Rumon left Iceland?
8. How did Brother Finian and Rumon find out that the smoke Finian smelled was really a Viking attack?
9. How had Bishop Ethelwold done his duty by Merewyn for her trip to St. Petroc's?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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.
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