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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. Where is Wistan bruised in Chapter 10?
2. In Chapter 7, what covers the floor of the chamber Axl and his companions find when they walk through the tunnel?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 13, where do Axl and Beatrice find shelter?
4. When Edwin gets to the top, what does he see on the inhospitable plain in Chapter 12?
5. If someone had to jump from the tower, what might cushion their fall?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Father Brian wake Axl and the others, and where does he take them in Chapter 7?
2. In Chapter 11, what does Axl have to do to rescue Beatrice?
3. In Chapter 12, what does Wistan want Edwin to promise?
4. In Chapter 7, what is the chamber like that Axl, Beatrice, Edwin, and Gawain find at the end of the tunnel?
5. In "Gawain's Second Reverie," why does Axl insist on taking the goat to the giant's cairn?
6. What does Gawain say about the Edwin's bite in Chapter 7?
7. Why can Axl and Beatrice not ride in a boat in Chapter 11, and how do they go down the river?
8. What did Gawain remember about the death of his old comrade, Master Buel in "Gawain's Second Reverie"?
9. What does Edwin sees when he climbs to the top of a precipice in Chapter 12?
10. What does Axl remember about meeting Beatrice in Chapter 6?
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
There seems to be a universal loss of memory of the people in the novel. What causes this amnesia? What was the purpose of the mist? Did the mist serve its purpose?
Essay Topic 3
Wistan has to make do with what he has at the monastery to keep himself and the other safe. How does Wistan make use of the resources he finds at the monastery? In what way is he resourceful there and in other places in the book?
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