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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 does the guard tell Merlin once awake?
(a) Arthur has gone to the woman's room.
(b) Arthur has run away.
(c) Arthur has been taken.
(d) Someone has attempted to kill Arthur.

2. What does Merlin give Uther to help him sleep?
(a) None of these.
(b) Warm tea.
(c) A potion.
(d) Poppy.

3. Who does Arthur ask Merlin to send a message to in Part 4, Chapter 7?
(a) Morgause.
(b) Bedwyr.
(c) Morgian.
(d) Ygraine.

4. Why is Merlin angry about Cador's arrival with his troops?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) He did not see it in a vision.
(d) The Hill People did not warn him.

5. What fact about Arthur's true parentage leaves him frantic?
(a) Merlin is not his father.
(b) Uther is his father.
(c) Ygraine is his mother.
(d) Morgause is his sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is left to prevent the return of the Saxons when the battle is concluded?

2. Who comes to take Arthur to King Uther the morning the king dies?

3. Why did Cador wish to find Arthur through Merlin?

4. Who treats the wounded soldiers in a makeshift hospital?

5. What dream does Merlin recall about Arthur and the sword while watching Arthur with the wounded soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Lot play in the battle against Colgrim? Why?

2. Why is Arthur's thirteenth year known as the "Black Year"?

3. Why does Cador tell Merlin that he sent spies to find him at Bryn Myrddin?

4. Why does Merlin leave immediately after the feast? What warning does Ralf give him?

5. What does Arthur's child with Morgause symbolize? What does it mean for his kingdom? What does Merlin do?

6. What does Lot's marriage to Uther's daughter, Morgian, mean for the kingdom and Arthur?

7. Why does Arthur's absence from their double room bother Merlin? What does Merlin see in a vision?

8. What impact has the battle with Colgrim had on Uther's standings in the kingdom?

9. How does Uther make the announcement during the feast that Arthur is his heir to the throne?

10. Why are Merlin and Arthur called to Uther's side on the battlefield immediately after Arthur tries to give Merlin Macsen's sword?

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