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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 is Issa's occupation?

2. What is Prydwen?

3. What is required of a Saxon to die with honor?

4. What does Derfel call Nimue's followers?

5. What does Derfel do before killing Aelle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the main reasons that Mordred planned his attack against Arthur?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Merlin say is his last enchantment?

8. How does Mordred die?

9. What breaks the peace in Briton after the defeat of the Saxons?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

How does Derfel lose his hand, and how does this affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How does Gawain die, and what does this signify about the culture of this book?

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