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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 does Gwenhwyfar feel might be causing her miscarriages?

2. With whom does Morgaine sit with and then talk of Lancelet?

3. Why is Igraine disappointed in Chapter 4?

4. Who is the Horned One?

5. Who is expected to die soon, necessitating the need for a new king?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Viviane guess is behind the many close calls Arthur has been having?

2. What does Arthur carry into battle that ensures his wounds do not bleed heavily?

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

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

5. Why is Gorlois so enraged with Igraine?

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

7. To where does Morgaine go in order to attend the ceremony in which she is to give up her maidenhead?

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

9. When Arthur suggests that Morgaine get married to Lancelet, who protests this idea?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The tension between the Church and the Old Ways is thick in this story. Cite three times when these two sets of ideas clash. What could have been done to keep their relationship peaceful? Is there ever a way to have both religious outlooks? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Making promises is something that doesn't seem to work in this story. Cite three different times when a promise was made, but was then broken. What do you think this says about the characters who were involved? Should the promise have been made in the first place? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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