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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do Connor and Merlyn talk about when the first converse together?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Merlyn's unique beard.
(c) Merlyn's background.
(d) The baby Merlyn has with him.

4. How does the group first see Eire in Chapter 11?
(a) Through the rain.
(b) Through the fog.
(c) Through burning-bright sunlight.
(d) Through the darkness.

5. How does Fin react to Merlyn when they first meet?
(a) Like he has known him forever.
(b) He is very rude to him.
(c) He loses his temper but no one can figure out why.
(d) Like he knows he is a spy.

6. What does Merlyn do when he finds Uther's body?
(a) Steals the clothes.
(b) Makes a funeral pyre for him.
(c) Looks for jewelry he can sell for food.
(d) Buries it.

7. Who is Mungo?
(a) Arthur's new friend in Eire.
(b) Arthur's young cousin.
(c) A beautiful woman who enchants Merlyn.
(d) King Athol's adviser.

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

9. How does Athol react to the gifts Merlyn and Donuil bring?
(a) He is amazed.
(b) He is so humbled by them, he weeps.
(c) He is furious because he sees them as godly.
(d) He doesn't really understand them, actually.

10. In Chapter 1, what solidifies to Merlyn that he knows his captors?
(a) His intuition.
(b) An image on the mast.
(c) A scar he sees on one of the men's faces.
(d) A dream.

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

12. Where does Merlyn go to grieve his wife in Chapter 6?
(a) Her favorite tree just outside of town.
(b) Her favorite spring.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) A secret vale where they lived together.

13. Which two people in Eire does Merlyn have an instant aversion to?
(a) Athol and his wife.
(b) Two nameless servants.
(c) Mungo and Finn.
(d) Arthur's nanny and tutor.

14. How does Merlyn spend the day after the day he talks to Lucanus about being celibate in Chapter 6?
(a) He visits the sick.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) He goes for a ride on his horse.
(d) He inspects the troops.

15. When was "The Saxon Shore" originally published?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1788.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Merlyn dream about the night after he visits the leper colony?

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

4. Why is Merlyn considering celibacy?

5. What does Donuil suggest he and Merlyn bring as gifts to his father back in Eire?

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