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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. How have the people of Eire taken care of Arthur during Merlyn's absence?
(a) Very badly.
(b) Very well.
(c) They have only done the minimum required to keep him alive.
(d) Some have been really nice but most have been pretty mean.

2. Why are Merlyn and his men putting on a cavalry display for Athol and his men?
(a) They are required to do so by law.
(b) They requested one.
(c) They are trying to build friendship and this is how they do it.
(d) They are trying to show off how powerful they are.

3. How does Merlyn react when teased by Lucanus about his attraction to Ludmilla?
(a) He gets absoultely furious and starts a fight.
(b) He immediately denies it.
(c) He teases Lucanus right back.
(d) He ignores it, as his mother advised many years ago.

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

5. Why does Merlyn often try to avoid his dreams?
(a) Because they are so silly.
(b) Because they are so sad -- and mostly about his dead wife.
(c) Because they show him how rotten and cruel he is inside.
(d) Because they are dark, frightening, and prophetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Popilius?

2. Why does Merlyn get angry with Donuil when he goes hunting by himself in Chapter 10?

3. What warning does Merlyn give Ironhair after their confrontation in Chapter 6?

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

5. Who does Merlyn suspect is behind his stabbing?

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