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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Saxon Shore: Chapters 19-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Athol come to accept Merlyn at the conclusion of Chapter 13?
(a) As a family member.
(b) As a fraud.
(c) Hesitatingly.
(d) Not at all; he has never liked him and never will.

2. For whom do Merlyn and Ambrose plan an elaborate funeral in Chapter 8?
(a) Donuil.
(b) Merlyn's aunt.
(c) Arthur's wet nurse.
(d) Popilius.

3. Who is Popilius?
(a) A man who tries to kidnap Arthur.
(b) Merlyn's father.
(c) A man who tries to assassinate Merlyn.
(d) A senior soldier in Camulod.

4. What does Merlyn think about Donuil's connection with Sheelagh?
(a) That his friend will be disappointed once he gets to know her.
(b) That his friend better watch his back.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) That his friend is lucky.

5. How does Merlyn react to Lucanus's request that he visit the leper colony?
(a) Lucanus can go but Merlyn will stay far away.
(b) He is uneasy but agrees to do it.
(c) He decides it's just too risky.
(d) It's fine since they were going there anyway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Merlyn to go on a hunt in Chapter 21?

2. When does Merlyn tell Ambrose that Arthur could become High King?

3. What does Lucanus tell Merlyn he should fear about the lepers?

4. What does Peter Ironhair do for a living?

5. What illness does Merlyn get after the attack on Donuil and the men?

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