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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item from the animal in Chapter 11 does Dedalus keep?
(a) A piece of tail.
(b) A footprint in the mud that later dried.
(c) A patch of fur.
(d) The beast's spiraled tusks.

2. Why are Merlyn and his men nervous about the planned cavalry display for Athol and his men?
(a) They don't have their usual amount of horses and riders.
(b) They don't want to seem as showing off too much.
(c) The horses spook easily in the new land.
(d) Their horses are hungry and not acting right.

3. What do the men do with the wild animal that attacks them in Chapter 11?
(a) Prepare a feast with it.
(b) Kill it out of mercy and then leave it for the other animals.
(c) Shoot it so it is injured and will die, but then move on.
(d) Catch it so they can sell it to the circus.

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

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

6. What does Merlyn say to Ambrose when he asks, in Chapter 6, if the infantry and the cavalry every combine?
(a) That they traditionally have not.
(b) That they are crucial for each other's success.
(c) That they made a promise to the Gods that they would never try it.
(d) That they cannot because it creates too many problems.

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

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

9. How does Merlyn's aunt react when she sees him in Chapter 4?
(a) She simply doesn't believe it, since she thought he was dead.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) She is very happy.
(d) She is very angry.

10. What promise does Merlyn make to the dead Uther?
(a) That his son will think well of him.
(b) That Merlyn will finally feel satisfaction over his death.
(c) That he will rot in hell.
(d) That his death will go unnoticed by anyone important.

11. Why is Merlyn able to communicate so quickly with his captors in Chapter 1?
(a) He knows sign language.
(b) He realizes he speaks their language.
(c) They all speak English.
(d) Because he's a sorcerer he can understand everyone.

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

13. How do Athol's friends view his leprosy?
(a) With disgust.
(b) This is a trick question; Athol doesn't have leprosy.
(c) With understanding and compassion.
(d) With silent horror.

14. What does Ambrose tell Merlyn his men fight like?
(a) Women.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Saxons.
(d) Barbarians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of romantic relationships make Merlyn uncomfortable in the beginning of "The Saxon Shore"?

2. What does Merlyn say in response to Ambrose's assertions that Merlyn is a sorcerer?

3. Who sends a group of men to attack Merlyn and his group at the end of Chapter 10?

4. Who is Ambrose?

5. How does Athol come to accept Merlyn at the conclusion of Chapter 13?

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