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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 is going to go study with the bards in Ireland after she replaces Eilan?

2. What is wrong with Eilan that she cannot perform the rites in the forest and Caillean has to step in?

3. How many children do Gaius and Julia have by the end of the chapter in this section?

4. Where does Marcellius believe that Gaius was during the time that he apparently raped someone?

5. What moves Gaius when he sees them at the coliseum, according to the story told in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the translations of Ardanos during the ritual of the Oracle?

2. Why do people in the Forest House decide that the baby might also be Dieda's baby?

3. What is the main idea in the debate about religion that Gaius encounters when he is traveling around?

4. What does Gaius propose to Senara when he is rebuffed by Eilan?

5. What does Caillean decide to promise to Dieda in exchange for her services to the priestesses?

6. What does Cynric feel about the offer that Gaius makes to make him a hostage?

7. What happens as a result of the tragedy that occurs in the family of Julia and Gaius?

8. What are some of the ways in which Caillean wants to run her new house differently from the Forest House?

9. What does Senara refuse from Gaius when she is taking the two half-Roman girls to Marcellius?

10. What happens to cause the bodyguard to kill Cynric during a conversation with Eilan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Caillean decides not to tell Mairi about the death of her husband until after she gives birth.

Part 1: Do you think that Caillean made the right decision?

Part 2: Do you think that Mairi should have been told about her husband sooner?

Part 3: What might have happened if Mairi had known about her husband's death sooner?

Essay Topic 2

At the midsummer festival, it is custom to all the king to sleep with anyone he wishes to sleep with.

Part 1: Why do you think the king is granted the ability to sleep with anyone at solstice?

Part 2: Do you think that the king has more power than the priestesses?

Part 3: What does the process of the king sleeping with a priestess or other women achieve for the community?

Essay Topic 3

The Druids continue to be in control at the priestesses' house, having final say in successors and helping to translate the oracle rites.

Part 1: Why do you think the Druids are so powerful in the lives of the priestesses?

Part 2: Do you think the priestesses should be able to have say in what happens at their house?

Part 3: How do you think the role of the priestesses might change if the Druids were no longer in charge?

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