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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. Where does Ketil die?

2. When does Merewyn become an official lady-in-waiting to Queen Elgifu?

3. What does Orm ask Merewyn about after she and her party walk over the Mendip Mountains?

4. What do Sigurd, Merewyn, Orm, and Ketil call their new home?

5. What is Rumon doing at the beginning of Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ethelred like in the year 1002?

2. How were Merewyn, Orm, and Thora received at the hostel at Glastonbury Abbey?

3. What is the Allthing?

4. When Finian and Rumon went up to the monastery, what did the prior, Poldu, say happened to Merewyn during the Viking raid?

5. What did the Abbess Merwinna request of Merewyn?

6. What is Thora, Merewyn's daughter, like in June of 1000?

7. How does Merewyn's mother-in-law, Asgerd feel about Merewyn?

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

9. What happened to England as Ethelred cowered in his palace at Winchester?

10. How did Merewyn describe the Hafnarfell Mountains?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the role of the Catholic Church in "Avalon?" How does the Church influence decisions made by the characters? How would the characters decisions be different if the Church didn't have such pervasive effect in Medieval society?

Essay Topic 3

In "Avalon," Merewyn must contend with her past and the truth of who she is. Explain how Merewyn's relationship to her past and how she deals with who she is affects what she does, what she thinks and even some of her values and how the way Merewyn deals with who she is contributes to the novel.

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