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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 is Mordred wounded when he goes to Armorica?

2. Where is Arthur told he can take refuge?

3. What does Gwydre name his son?

4. What does Derfel find when he returns to Dun Caric?

5. What does Aelle refuse to do when he is wounded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Derfel do when Nimue and Mordred's forces begin to break up?

2. How does Derfel persuade Morgan to perform a Druidic spell to fight against Nimue?

3. What does Olwen try to get Derfel to do as she takes him to Nimue?

4. What does Derfel do when Nimue arrives at the sea shore after Arthur sails away?

5. What do Arthur and all of his men have a very small amount of knowledge about?

6. What deformity of the narrator is revealed at the beginning of Part 3?

7. What does Nimue do when Excalibur is gone?

8. What does Nimue use to cast her spells on people?

9. What is the last enchantment?

10. How does Mordred die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Honor is something that many of the main characters were striving for in this book. Who is most affected by this pursuit, and how doesd it change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how do those moments affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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