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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. If Gwenhwyfar is pregnant, when will the baby be born, she determines?

2. To what does Igraine finally succumb?

3. Who does Morgaine encounter as she leaves the fairy country?

4. Of whom does Igraine have disturbing dreams?

5. Who notices immediately that Morgaine is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Gwenhwyfar makes a banner for Arthur to carry in battle, what is his response?

2. Who is the son that Morgaine gives birth to that Morgause whisks away to a wet nurse?

3. During the crowning ceremony, to whom does Arthur bow?

4. How is it that the court gets fever in the spring, but no one dies from this affliction?

5. Who sits on the garden wall, terrified to be outside?

6. Who does Igraine have a bad feeling about, as they are about to be married?

7. After a vision from the Sight, from whom does Igraine expect a visit?

8. Before Kevin and Morgaine go to Camelot, what happens?

9. Who goes to the castle to visit Igraine as she is dying?

10. Who is also known as Galahad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gwenhwyfar's jealousy causes her to change throughout the story. Does this jealously help her in her life or does it harm her? Give an example. As she grows in years, she also becomes more pious in her thinking, yet has an affair. Does her contradictory nature help her or hurt her? Why or why not? Do you sympathize with this character or pity her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The Sight seems to take a lot out of the people who use it for a long time. Do you think there is any way to avoid the exhaustion and sickness that comes with using this power? Why or why not? Why would something so helpful cause so much pain? Or is the action that is being performed to blame for the outcome?

Essay Topic 3

In the end, Excalibur is thrown into the lake so that no one else will use it. Why do you think this is done? What harm has Excalibur caused its users? Should Excalibur have been made in the first place? Why or why not?

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