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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wild animal attacks the group in Chapter 11?
(a) An enraged boar.
(b) An injured bear.
(c) An unruly alligator.
(d) A ferocious cougar of some kind.

2. What gift does Merlyn give one of the lepers in the leper colony?
(a) A fur coat.
(b) A gallon of mead.
(c) A box of candles.
(d) A large box of biscuits.

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

4. What town does Merlyn consider home?
(a) Camulod.
(b) Cummingsburg.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Canchester.

5. 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.

6. Where is Merlyn stabbed after the funeral in Chapter 8?
(a) On a quiet road, walking home.
(b) Behind the church.
(c) In his own home.
(d) The crowded bathhouse.

7. Who is Lucanus?
(a) Merlyn's sworn enemy.
(b) Merlyn's friend and a physician.
(c) Merlyn's son.
(d) A woman Merlyn's mother hopes he will marry.

8. Who sends a group of men to attack Merlyn and his group at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Donuil's father; he wanted to make sure he was okay.
(b) Ironhair's men.
(c) No one; this is a trick question, since there is no attack in Chapter 10.
(d) No one is sure but they were very strong.

9. Who is Athol?
(a) Arthur's wet nurse.
(b) Merlyn's confidant.
(c) The king in Eire.
(d) Dedalus' brother.

10. What does Merlyn feel when he gives Ambrose and Ludmilla his blessing over their relationship?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Joy.
(d) Annoyance.

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

12. During the conversation about Merlyn possibly being a sorcerer in Chapter 9, what does Merlyn admit to Ambrose?
(a) That the fees for being a sorcerer are very expensive.
(b) That being a sorcerer is a lot easier than he had thought.
(c) That being a sorcerer is a lot harder than he had thought.
(d) That he does have prophetic dreams.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is little Arthur heir to?

2. What does Merlyn wear to the second meeting of the Council?

3. What do Connor and Merlyn talk about when the first converse together?

4. What does Merlyn tell Ambrose about his ascent to power in Chapter 7?

5. Who made Excalibur?

(see the answer keys)

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