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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 other event occurs on the same day Gerutha gives birth?
(a) Rorik dies.
(b) Horwendil becomes king.
(c) Horwendil leaves Gerutha for another woman.
(d) Horwendil defeats and kills Fortinbras of Norway.

2. What did Gerutha want to name her son?
(a) Feng.
(b) Rorik, after her father.
(c) Amleth.
(d) Horwendil, after her husband.

3. Where do Gerutha and Horwendil go immediately after their wedding?
(a) To Odinsheim, Horwedil's home.
(b) To Horwendil's manor next to Elsinore.
(c) To Elsinore.
(d) To Feng's house because he missing the wedding.

4. How old is Gerutha on her wedding day?
(a) Seventeen years old.
(b) Twenty years old.
(c) Eighteen years old.
(d) Thirty years old.

5. Why are there Christian priests in Jutland?
(a) Because of political reasons.
(b) Because they were allowed in for conversation by the previous king.
(c) Because they were persecuted in their home country.
(d) Because they sent successful missionaries twenty years before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gerutha's interpretation of the songbirds singing?

2. When Rorik asks Gerutha about the state of her marriage, how does she respond?

3. What is Gerutha's explanation for spending so much time with Feng?

4. What is made clear about Horwendil's intentions with Gerutha?

5. What does Horwendil talk about on the trip after their wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name three supporting characters and describe their association with one of the main characters.

2. How does Gerutha respond to her father's apology before he dies?

3. Describe why Feng feels he must leave Denmark.

4. Describe Ophelia and why she is considered beautiful.

5. How does Gerutha think that Feng and herself are in similar situations?

6. Describe how the conversation during the sleigh ride displays the difference in the personality between Horwendil and Gerutha.

7. Why do Horwendil and Gerutha fight over Amleth leaving for school?

8. In what ways does Gerutha find Feng more interesting and desirable than Horwendil?

9. Describe Horwendil's personality.

10. What is similar between Bathsheba, the falcon whose eyes are sealed, and the characters of Gerutha and Feng?

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