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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the crosses made from on the lovers' rings that Derfel makes for himself and for Ceinwyn?
(a) Copper.
(b) Silver.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Gold from the cauldron.

2. How are the bodies of those who had been killed at Lugg Vale mutilated?
(a) One leg is chopped off.
(b) One hand is chopped off.
(c) One foot is chopped off.
(d) The eyes are gouged out.

3. Where is Culhwch injured during the battle with the Saxons?
(a) In the face.
(b) On the left leg.
(c) On the right arm.
(d) In the thigh.

4. When do Merlin and Nimue come to see Derfel and Cinewyn on their farm?
(a) Three days after the winter solstice.
(b) A day after the winter solstice.
(c) On the winter solstice.
(d) Just days before the winter solstice.

5. How old was Arthur at the time of the battle that Derfel remembers at the beginning of Part I?
(a) 27.
(b) 28.
(c) 30.
(d) 34.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Guinevere have a new palace built?

2. What does Merlin tell Cerdic he would take in payment for the cauldron?

3. Who does Cuneglas say is/are the enemies of Powys?

4. How many fingers is Aelle missing on his right hand?

5. According to Derfel, who is the Roman god of war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nimue kill the King of Siluria at the battle of Lugg Vale?

2. What do Merlin and Nimue do to protect Ceinwyn after Lancelot's Druids threaten her life?

3. Who are Dinas and Lavaine?

4. What does Derfel do with pieces of the bone that Merlin gave him?

5. How does Derfel picture his life after death?

6. How does Arthur try to buy Agricola's vote to make Lancelot part of the fellowship of Mithras?

7. How did Arthur pay for all the labor needed to fortify southern Dumnonia for the war against the Saxons?

8. When Cavan and his men want to renew their oaths to Derfel, what does he allow them to paint on their shields and why?

9. How do Derfel and Igraine keep Bishop Sansum from knowing that Derfel is writing tales of Arthur?

10. How is Derfel met by the pagans and by the Christians as he and his men march to Corinium?

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