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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 Derfel enjoy about Aque Sulis?

2. What season does Mordred take an army to Armorica?

3. What does the shrouded woman who tries to save Ceinwyn call herself?

4. What do Arthur's men do to fight against the Druid spells?

5. Who kills Nimue's prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Morgan have Derfel do to cure his wife?

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

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

4. What trade does Arthur start learning after the battle against the Saxons is won?

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

6. What does Morgan do to find a cure for Ceinwyn?

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

8. What does Derfel make sure of before he kills Aelle and why?

9. What does Arthur do when he gets word that Mordred is marching towards them?

10. Why is Ceinwyn sick, and how is Derfel supposed to cure her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book are persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord? What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Arthur and Derfel are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences.Write a compare/contrast essay, citing the text for support, about these two characters.

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