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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of life does Lucanus live?
(a) A life of indulgence and gluttony.
(b) A life of poverty.
(c) A celibate life.
(d) A life of silence.

4. How old is Merlyn in the Prologue?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 80.
(d) 20.

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

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

7. 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 he does have prophetic dreams.
(c) That being a sorcerer is a lot easier than he had thought.
(d) That being a sorcerer is a lot harder than he had thought.

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

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

10. Who does Merlyn think killed Uther?
(a) Malfoy of Slytherin.
(b) Derek of Ravenglass.
(c) A long-lost enemy who came back for revenge.
(d) An unknown soldier on the battlefield.

11. In what perspective is "The Saxon Shore" written?
(a) Fourth person.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

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

13. What does baby Arthur wear around his neck that Merlyn removes in Chapter 1?
(a) A golden signet ring.
(b) A piece of lace from his mother, the queen.
(c) A necklace with a key.
(d) A tooth from a boar his uncle killed.

14. 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.

15. What astounds everyone about Merlyn and Ambrose?
(a) That the have the same birthday.
(b) That they have the exact same wounds -- but from different battles.
(c) How much they look alike.
(d) How deep their hatred is for each other.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who gives the death blow to the animal that interrupts the cavalry show for Athol and his men?

3. What does Merlyn do when he finds Uther's body?

4. What item from the animal in Chapter 11 does Dedalus keep?

5. What gift does Merlyn give one of the lepers in the leper colony?

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