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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. Who doesn't think it's right for pagans to fight under the banner of a Christian king?

2. Who or what injures Lancelet as he is trying to take his mind off Gwenhwyfar?

3. Who is given the task of making the magical scabbard?

4. What does Igraine tell Gwenhwyfar that even Gwenhwyfar does not know yet?

5. Who is upset and writes in her journal about how her mother ignores her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Igraine do that causes her to become quite ill?

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

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

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

6. Who fills the captive Igraine in on the matters of the world when she is taken back to Tintagel by Gorlois?

7. Who lets Viviane know that Uther Pendragon is dying from a fatal wound in battle?

8. What does Uther stare at that beckons Igraine and he to meet again and again?

9. What does Morgaine suspect when the moon has gone through another cycle and she did not break her moon fast?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The question of loyalty is something which is brought up constantly in this novel. Cite three different examples of loyalty in this novel and decide whether or not each character involved was loyal or not. Why or why not? Do you feel the loyalty was deserved in each case? Why or why not?

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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