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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 does Merlyn's aunt respond when he tells her about Arthur's destiny?
(a) She is very proud.
(b) She is frightened.
(c) She is jealous.
(d) She doesn't believe his tall tales.

2. How does Ambrose react to the beauty and power of Camulod?
(a) He is too depressed to even notice it.
(b) He is overwhelmed by it.
(c) It just makes him miss home even more.
(d) He thinks it's nice but that it will never match that of Rome.

3. Why does Merlyn often try to avoid his dreams?
(a) Because they are dark, frightening, and prophetic.
(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 so silly.

4. What does Lucius Varo do for a living?
(a) He's a lawyer.
(b) He's a farmer.
(c) He's some kind of banker.
(d) He's an ironsmith.

5. How does Athol feel when Donuil returns to Eire?
(a) Betrayed.
(b) Enraged.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Very happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Merlyn suspect is behind his stabbing?

2. What wild animal prevents the beginning of the calvary show for Athol?

3. What promise does Merlyn make to the dead Uther?

4. What kind of description does Athol want from Merlyn in the beginning of Chapter 14?

5. What does Peter Ironhair do for a living?

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