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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of one of the men sent to spy on Merlin?
2. How does Merlin know that someone has recently been in the forest chapel where the holy man lives?
3. Who delivers Arthur?
4. Where does Ygraine suggest Arthur be taken once born?
5. What does Merlin have a vision of through smoke in his makeshift lab at the castle?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Arthur finally meet Merlin? How does Merlin recognize the boy?
2. Merlin meets Morgause, Uther's illegitimate daughter, after developing a medicine for the ailing Uther. What are Merlin's impressions of Morgause? Does the author give any indication that there is more to Morgause than is being revealed?
3. Merlin admits to the reader for the first time since the story began that he is apprehensive about meeting with the queen. Why?
4. 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?
5. What does the term "Flood Year" refer to? Why is it important to the story?
6. Why does Merlin feel that he cannot share information, even with Ahdjan, a relative, so far from Britain?
7. What does Ralf tell Merlin about the riders who attacked him on his way to Merlin's to deliver a letter?
8. The spring after Arthur's twelfth birthday brings the rumblings of war to England. What happens?
9. What plan do Merlin and Ygraine develop for Arthur after his birth? Why?
10. What does Uther reveal to Merlin about his injury? How does this effect his concern for Arthur?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What evidence is there that the characters who participated in bringing Uther and Ygraine together the night of Arthur's conception are more closely connected than any of them first realize?
Essay Topic 2
The people believe that Merlin is a powerful enchanter. What factors play into that belief? What do we know about Merlin, the common people, and the nobility that enable this belief?
Essay Topic 3
The white deer appears in this story more than once. Where does it appear and what is its significance in each situation? To the story overall?
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