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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 sent to attempt and assassinate Edwin's magician?

2. Which dragon represents Britain nearing its end?

3. Three springs will erupt where?

4. An agreement is finally made between the Saxons and Arthur whereby the enemy is allowed to return to Germany after doing what?

5. Vortigern's son, Paschent, begins mounting an army to march against who?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why should Arthur be King?

2. How does Aurelius die?

3. Describe the rule of one of the Kings listed by the author.

4. What does Arthur do with his leadership and military abilities? How does he also show that he respects the ideas of others?

5. What do the dragons represent?

6. Describe the festival Arthur holds when he returns home after nine years.

7. What does Merlin say about the star Uther sees?

8. What does Merlin say about a tree?

9. Why does Octa end up living in an uninhabited area of Britain as a subject of the King?

10. What does Pope Gregory do? How does this affect Augustine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brutus is an extraordinary leader.

Part 1) How does he become a leader? How is he so extraordinary?

Part 2) What has given him these extraordinary abilities? How does this impact Britain?

Part 3) how do his abilities make it difficult to uphold what he has done for Britain? Why?

Essay Topic 2

There is a theme in this book of sibling rivalry.

Part 1) How is sibling rivalry a theme? Describe this rivalry in two stories from this book.

Part 2) How does this rivalry affect the siblings and Britain? Why?

Part 3) Why does this rivalry exist? Could it be avoided? If so, how? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

King Arthur's personal character is far above that of the rulers who preceded him.

Part 1) Describe King Arthur. How is he the consummate King?

Part 2) How is he connected to the brilliant star? How does this star foreshadow his greatness?

Part 3) How does Arthur resemble Brutus? How does the reader know that, although he is extraordinary, he is still human? What does this mean for the rest of us?

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