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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What takes Merlin by surprise after he calls out for the holy man?
(a) A swarm of bats.
(b) A great white owl.
(c) A large black crow.
(d) None of these.

2. Who does Merlin meet in the settlement where he stops to get his horse re-shod?
(a) Urien.
(b) Gorlois.
(c) Deva.
(d) Brychan.

3. Who does Merlin find fighting off three men on horseback?
(a) Ralf.
(b) Uther.
(c) Ygraine.
(d) Arthur.

4. Who follows Arthur to the chapel in the woods when he meets Merlin?
(a) Ralf.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Uther.
(d) Ector.

5. What is the first thing Uther asks Merlin once they are alone in his chambers?
(a) Why Merlin visited his wife years ago.
(b) How his cousin is raising Arthur.
(c) How Arthur is doing.
(d) Why he has lied to him about Arthur's whereabouts.

6. How old is Arthur when the rumblings of war reach England?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirteen.

7. When does Merlin arrive in Britain?
(a) Early summer.
(b) Late spring,
(c) Late summer.
(d) Early fall.

8. What doctor, who Merlin knows, treats Merlin's injured hand?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Gorlois.
(c) Gandar.
(d) Brithael.

9. Who is the son of Ban of Benoic?
(a) Morigan.
(b) Akar.
(c) Cei.
(d) Bedwyr.

10. Who does Uther tell Merlin that he has been told has died?
(a) Ygraine.
(b) Budec.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) Gorlois.

11. Where does Merlin plan to tell the king's soldiers they are coming from?
(a) Bryn Marddin.
(b) Tintagel.
(c) Caerleon.
(d) Maridunum.

12. What is the forest chapel now called?
(a) Chapel of the Green.
(b) Chapel of the Lady.
(c) Chapel of the Waters.
(d) Chapel of the Sword.

13. What does Merlin learn upon arriving back in Britain?
(a) Uther is dead.
(b) None of these.
(c) Uther has declared Arthur his legitimate heir.
(d) Uther is sick with an infected wound.

14. What does Uther reveal to Merlin about his injury?
(a) None of these.
(b) The injury has humiliated him and threatened his rule.
(c) The injury has left him impotent.
(d) The injury is not real.

15. Where does Merlin intend to take Arthur?
(a) Tintagel.
(b) Massilia.
(c) Lanascol.
(d) Bryn Myrddin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been sent to be a servant to Merlin and then Arthur, once he is born?

2. Where does Merlin find the sword in his dreams?

3. Who writes to Merlin to let him know that the queen is pregnant?

4. What is the name of the hillsmen's leader?

5. What is the name of the pagan God of Air to which the common people still do obeisance?

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