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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 has Arthur broken up when the battle is won?
(a) The image of British weakness.
(b) The communication errors between sects.
(c) The threat of invasion.
(d) The power of the Sais.

2. What is Excalibur?
(a) A wizard.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A helmut.
(d) A sword.

3. How do Arthur's men feel about putting crosses on their shield?
(a) Willing.
(b) Angry.
(c) Hesitant.
(d) Relieved.

4. What kind of city is Aquius Sulis?
(a) Roman.
(b) Saxon.
(c) Druid.
(d) British.

5. Who is at Aelle when Derfel gets there?
(a) Saiman.
(b) Guinevere.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Lancelot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Merlin?

2. What important feast happens in the spring?

3. What is the name of Arthur's son?

4. What warns Derfel of the advance of the Saxon army?

5. What path would the Saxon armies have left on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disappoints Derfel when he arrives at the Aelle's hall?

2. What is the message Arthur has Derfel send to Guinevere?

3. How does Arthur find his son at the temple of Mithras?

4. What is Arthur's initial plan of attack against the Saxons?

5. What happens as Derfel and his men prepare to die in battle against the Saxon armies?

6. What does Arthur ask Derfel to do during the winter following the sacrificial ritual?

7. Why do Derfel and the other Warlords accept the invitation to the spring feast?

8. What does Derfel realize when he hears Druids sacrifice the sons of kings?

9. What does Derfel have planted while he is trapped by the Saxon army, and what does this show?

10. What is included in the first chapter with the purpose of helping the reader understand the plot better?

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