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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Saxon Shore: Chapters 24-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is little Arthur heir to?
(a) Cornwall.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) Camulod.
(d) Pendragon.

3. What delays Merlyn's plans to seek justice for the attack in Chapter 21?
(a) Bad snow and other weather.
(b) Arthur's illness.
(c) A dream his has.
(d) Sheelagh's pregnancy.

4. What message does Merlyn give Dergyll when they first meet?
(a) That he is not there to fight but just wants his horses.
(b) That he is there only as a messenger for King Athol.
(c) That he will kill them all bare-handed, as he has done before.
(d) That he has reinforcements on the way.

5. Where is Merlyn sleeping with Arthur when Chapter 1 opens?
(a) In the bottom of a house, in the basement.
(b) In the top room of a small inn.
(c) In the bottom of a cave.
(d) In the bottom of a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Merlyn go to grieve his wife in Chapter 6?

2. How does Merlyn react to Lucanus's request that he visit the leper colony?

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

4. What fills the evening Merlyn spends at Twistback's for dinner?

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

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