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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who summons Merlin to Tintagel the second week of September?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Uther.
(c) Ygraine.
(d) Galava.

2. What is the name of one of the men sent to spy on Merlin?
(a) Cador.
(b) None of the names are given.
(c) Morgause.
(d) Crinas.

3. When does Ralf take Arthur to Count Ector?
(a) When he is three.
(b) When he is five.
(c) When he is four.
(d) When he is six.

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

5. What does Merlin first intend to do with the holy man's chapel, but then changes his mind?
(a) He plans to burn it.
(b) He plans to give it to Arthur.
(c) He plans to give it to one of the monasteries near King Uther's castle.
(d) He plans to give it to one of the monasteries near Count Ector's castle.

6. Where does Merlin tell the spies that Arthur lives?
(a) The Enchanted Forest.
(b) Summer Isle.
(c) The Black River.
(d) Summer Hill.

7. Whose eyes does Merlin believe Arthur has?
(a) Ambrosius.
(b) Gorlois.
(c) Ygraine.
(d) Uther.

8. What piece of history does Merlin teach Arthur and his companion at the chapel?
(a) The battle between Lot and Uther.
(b) The battle between Ambrosius and Vortigern.
(c) The battle between Ambrosius and Lot.
(d) The battle between Ambrosius and Kaerconan.

9. Who writes to Merlin to let him know that the queen is pregnant?
(a) Gorlois.
(b) Uther.
(c) Cador.
(d) Marcia.

10. How does Merlin convince the hillsmen that he is the enchanter?
(a) He conjures a fire.
(b) He speaks to them in the Old Tongue.
(c) He conjures water.
(d) All of these.

11. Why has Uther summoned Merlin to his camp, and why does he want to speak with Merlin?
(a) About his unborn child.
(b) About his rule and his future.
(c) About his enemies.
(d) About his wife.

12. How old does Merlin tell Uther that Arthur will be on Christmas Eve?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

13. What family does Arthur belong to?
(a) The Lothians.
(b) The Emrys.
(c) None of these.
(d) The Pendragons.

14. What names do Merlin and Ralf assume when they are waiting at the inn to go to the castle?
(a) None of these.
(b) Emrys and Ban.
(c) Erichal and Ban.
(d) Emrys and Blain.

15. Who is suspected of helping Saxon prisoners escape British capture?
(a) Cador.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Lot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merlin have a vision of through smoke in his makeshift lab at the castle?

2. How does Merlin know that someone has recently been in the forest chapel where the holy man lives?

3. Where does Merlin move the enchanted sword?

4. Where does Merlin plan to tell the king's soldiers they are coming from?

5. Where does Merlin intend to take Arthur?

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