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

2. What does the wild animal that interrupts the beginning of the cavalry show do second?
(a) Eat a baby.
(b) Kill a man.
(c) Attack the crowds.
(d) Stand up straight and scare everyone to pieces.

3. Where does Merlyn go to grieve his wife in Chapter 6?
(a) A secret vale where they lived together.
(b) Her favorite tree just outside of town.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) Her favorite spring.

4. What kind of description does Athol want from Merlyn in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) A description of the future as Merlyn sees it in his dreams.
(b) A description of the lands between Camulod and Glevum.
(c) A description of how horrible the leper colony was.
(d) A description of the kind of woman his daughter had become.

5. How old is Merlyn in the Prologue?
(a) 80.
(b) 60.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the conversation about Merlyn possibly being a sorcerer in Chapter 9, what does Merlyn admit to Ambrose?

2. Which two people in Eire does Merlyn have an instant aversion to?

3. How does Athol feel when Donuil returns to Eire?

4. How have the people of Eire taken care of Arthur during Merlyn's absence?

5. What does Ambrose tell Merlyn his men fight like?

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