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

2. When does Merlyn tell Ambrose that Arthur could become High King?
(a) When they are examining Excalibur.
(b) When they are both drunk, which was a mistake.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) When they are deep in the woods, where no one can hear.

3. What is the name of Connor's sister?
(a) Joanne.
(b) Yvonne.
(c) Yehova.
(d) Ygraine.

4. Who is Lucanus?
(a) Merlyn's friend and a physician.
(b) A woman Merlyn's mother hopes he will marry.
(c) Merlyn's sworn enemy.
(d) Merlyn's son.

5. What relationship do Lucanus and Ludmilla have?
(a) They hate each other, actually.
(b) They are lovers.
(c) They are siblings.
(d) Ludmilla is studying medicine under Lucanas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What warning does Merlyn give Ironhair after their confrontation in Chapter 6?

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

4. Which two people in Eire does Merlyn have an instant aversion to?

5. Why is Merlyn able to communicate so quickly with his captors in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Merlyn first interpret his dream in which he is flying right before he and his men are supposed to leave for Eire?

2. What is problematic about Merlyn's decision to bring horses as a gift to Donuil's father?

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Ludmilla familiar to Merlyn when they meet in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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