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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 traveling altar does Uther travel with?
(a) An alter of Myrddin.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) An alter of Mithras.

2. What is the name of Arthur's adopted brother?
(a) Morigan.
(b) Cei.
(c) Mark.
(d) Akar.

3. Where will Merlin wait to be called to Tintagel?
(a) The home of one of the king's women.
(b) Soldiers' barracks.
(c) The home of a royal servant.
(d) An inn in Cornwall.

4. What is the name of the woods that Merlin and his troop ride through?
(a) The Forbidden Forest.
(b) The Enchanted Wood.
(c) The Secret Wood.
(d) The Perilous Forest.

5. What does Merlin have a vision of through smoke in his makeshift lab at the castle?
(a) He hears the playing of harps.
(b) A tomb.
(c) A globe of crystal.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Merlin move the enchanted sword?

2. When is Arthur born?

3. Where does Uther suggest Arthur be taken once born?

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

5. Where is Arthur living when he meets Merlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Merlin travel in disguise with the infant Arthur? What disguise does he assume?

2. How does Merlin realize that the king's soldiers are closer than he thought? What does he plan to tell the soldiers when he and Ralf are found?

3. How does Merlin come to know the Old Ones in the forest?

4. What is the significance of the star that shines the night that Arthur is born and the night he leaves the castle?

5. Moravik has a unique perspective of Merlin. What is it and why does she feel the way she does about him?

6. How does Arthur finally meet Merlin? How does Merlin recognize the boy?

7. Why does Merlin hide himself away in his cave for three months after returning to Bryn Myrddin?

8. What question does Bedwyr raise while at the chapel with Arthur and Merlin that others have not asked? How does Arthur respond?

9. What does Ralf tell Merlin about the riders who attacked him on his way to Merlin's to deliver a letter?

10. What parts of Arthur's upbringing do Merlin and Uther agree on? What parts do they not agree on? What is Merlin's solution to the problem?

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