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

2. How does Ambrose react to the beauty and power of Camulod?
(a) He is overwhelmed by it.
(b) He thinks it's nice but that it will never match that of Rome.
(c) He is too depressed to even notice it.
(d) It just makes him miss home even more.

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

4. How do Athol's friends view his leprosy?
(a) With disgust.
(b) With silent horror.
(c) With understanding and compassion.
(d) This is a trick question; Athol doesn't have leprosy.

5. Why are Merlyn and his men putting on a cavalry display for Athol and his men?
(a) They are trying to show off how powerful they are.
(b) They are required to do so by law.
(c) They requested one.
(d) They are trying to build friendship and this is how they do it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Merlyn sleeping with Arthur when Chapter 1 opens?

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

4. What kind of life does Lucanus live?

5. In Chapter 1, what solidifies to Merlyn that he knows his captors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Connor tell Merlyn, when he is his captive, he is going to do with Merlyn and baby Arthur?

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

8. What happens when a wild bear attacks the crowd just as Merlyn and his men are preparing for their cavalry display?

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

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

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