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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Saxon Shore: Chapters 11-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucanus tell Merlyn he should fear about the lepers?
(a) The curses they put on people.
(b) Touching them.
(c) Getting any blood on them.
(d) Nothing.

2. What prevents the men from traveling around Eire as they had hoped?
(a) They ran out of gas for their cars.
(b) There are no roads.
(c) There are police everywhere.
(d) They must travel only at night.

3. What does Merlyn dream about the night after he visits the leper colony?
(a) That Arthur will get leprosy one day.
(b) That someone burns down the leper colony.
(c) That he sees his own leprous image in a mirror.
(d) That his wife comes back but now has leprosy.

4. What wild animal prevents the beginning of the calvary show for Athol?
(a) A enormous snake.
(b) A lion.
(c) A bear.
(d) A boar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Saxon Shore" originally published?

2. How does Merlyn react when teased by Lucanus about his attraction to Ludmilla?

3. Who does Merlyn's aunt tell Merlyn would be proud of him because of his work with the Council?

4. Who does Merlyn think killed Uther?

5. What does Merlyn wear to the second meeting of the Council?

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