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

2. Where does Ambrose tell Merlyn he plans to stay in Chapter 6?
(a) Erin.
(b) Rome.
(c) Outside in the forest.
(d) Camulod.

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

4. How have the people of Eire taken care of Arthur during Merlyn's absence?
(a) Very badly.
(b) They have only done the minimum required to keep him alive.
(c) Some have been really nice but most have been pretty mean.
(d) Very well.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Athol?

3. How does Merlyn react to Lucanus's request that he visit the leper colony?

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

5. What do the men do with the wild animal that attacks them in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Merlyn come to realize his flying dream in Chapter 8 is actually about?

2. Why does Ambrose think that Merlyn knows about his relationship with Ludmilla?

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

4. How does Merlyn come to realize this his cousin may not have killed his wife?

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

6. Why does Merlyn come to realize that he was wrong in calling the Outlanders barbarians?

7. What does Merlyn tell the Council about his return in Chapter 4?

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

9. What is the history of Excalibur as described in Chapter 4?

10. What does Merlyn imagine the leper colony to be like before he arrives?

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