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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days after his stabbing does Merlyn finally leave for Eire?
(a) 30.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 14.

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

3. What does Lucanus tell Merlyn he should fear about the lepers?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The curses they put on people.
(c) Getting any blood on them.
(d) Touching them.

4. Who made Excalibur?
(a) The local blacksmith.
(b) Merlyn's uncle.
(c) Arthur himself.
(d) Merlyn's aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Merlyn considering celibacy?

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

3. How does Ambrose react to the beauty and power of Camulod?

4. What important thing(s) do Donuil, Merlyn, and Athol discuss in Athol's tent.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What prevents Merlyn from realizing that he is not, in fact, alone when he goes to visit a secret vale in Chapter 6?

2. When Merlyn and his men arrive in Eire, how do they decide to proceed north?

3. Why is King Athol so amazed at the candles Merlyn and Donuil bring him?

4. What happens between Merlyn and Finn when they first meet?

5. Why does Merlyn remove the ring from around baby Arthur's neck in Chapter 1?

6. What is surprising about Donuil's choice to stay in Camulod?

7. What happens when Ironhair blocks Merlyn's way in Chapter 6?

8. Why does Ambrose decide to stay in Camulod in Chapter 6?

9. What does Merlyn tell his captors about how he came across the baby Arthur?

10. How do the men of Eire react to the size of the boar tusks that Dedalus shows them in Chapter 12?

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