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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 react when teased by Lucanus about his attraction to Ludmilla?
(a) He gets absoultely furious and starts a fight.
(b) He teases Lucanus right back.
(c) He immediately denies it.
(d) He ignores it, as his mother advised many years ago.

2. What does Merlyn wear to the second meeting of the Council?
(a) Garb denoting his status.
(b) His finest business suit.
(c) Rags.
(d) Nothing; he wants to shock them.

3. How does Merlyn's aunt respond when he tells her about Arthur's destiny?
(a) She is jealous.
(b) She is frightened.
(c) She doesn't believe his tall tales.
(d) She is very proud.

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

5. Why does Merlyn get angry with Donuil when he goes hunting by himself in Chapter 10?
(a) Because someone is following them and they could have been attacked.
(b) Because if he didn't come back, Merlyn couldn't get Arthur back.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Because he could have gotten hurt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Merlyn suspect is behind his stabbing?

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

3. Who made Excalibur?

4. How does Athol feel when Donuil returns to Eire?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Merlyn and his men realize after they are attacked by, and then kill, the wild boar in Chapter 11?

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

6. What is Merlyn's main mission as described in the Prologue in "The Saxon Shore"?

7. What impression does Merlyn have of the leper colony after he leaves?

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

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

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

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