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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. In Chapter 6, what is Wistan doing while others are sleeping?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Edwin remember that Wistan thought was in the moat of the tower at one time?

3. In Chapter 6, where does Beatrice have blood seeping?

4. In Chapter 10, what does Edwin hear even as he is speaking with Wistan at the end of the chapter?

5. In Chapter 7, what covers the floor of the chamber Axl and his companions find when they walk through the tunnel?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, who do Axl, Beatrice, and Edwin encounter in the tunnel?

2. What did Gawain remember about the death of his old comrade, Master Buel in "Gawain's Second Reverie"?

3. What does Axl remember about meeting Beatrice in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 7, what is the chamber like that Axl, Beatrice, Edwin, and Gawain find at the end of the tunnel?

5. What does Edwin sees when he climbs to the top of a precipice in Chapter 12?

6. Why does Father Brian wake Axl and the others, and where does he take them in Chapter 7?

7. In Chapter 13, why did the girl ask Axl and Beatrice to take a goat to the giant's cairn?

8. What does Gawain say about the Edwin's bite in Chapter 7?

9. In Chapter 11, what does Axl have to do to rescue Beatrice?

10. Why does Gawain remember that he took a woman into the battlefield in "Gawain's First Reverie"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel takes place in Britain’s Dark Age. What is the genre of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 2

Edwin deceives Wistan after they reunite. Why does Edwin deceive Wistan? What moral dilemma does he struggle with when he deceives Wistan?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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