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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Saxon Shore: Chapters 15-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Uther?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Yvonne's cousin.
(c) Sheelagh's cousin.
(d) Merlyn's cousin.

2. What does baby Arthur wear around his neck that Merlyn removes in Chapter 1?
(a) A piece of lace from his mother, the queen.
(b) A golden signet ring.
(c) A necklace with a key.
(d) A tooth from a boar his uncle killed.

3. Who is Athol's daughter?
(a) Merlyn's deceased wife.
(b) Donuil's aunt.
(c) Arthur's mother.
(d) Dedalus's secret lover.

4. What kind of romantic relationships make Merlyn uncomfortable in the beginning of "The Saxon Shore"?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Any romantic relationships at all.
(c) Anything other than heterosexual relationships.
(d) Heterosexual relationships.

5. What does Merlyn suspect Uther of doing?
(a) Killing Arthur's sister.
(b) Killing Merlyn's beloved wife.
(c) Killing Arthur's mother.
(d) Killing Merlyn's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merlyn dream about the night after he visits the leper colony?

2. What item from the animal in Chapter 11 does Dedalus keep?

3. What had happened to the man who went missing from Eire in Chapter 16?

4. What fills the evening Merlyn spends at Twistback's for dinner?

5. What wild animal attacks the group in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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