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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. Who is Ambrose?
(a) Merlyn's son.
(b) Merlyn's uncle.
(c) Merlyn's cousin.
(d) Merlyn's stepbrother.

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

3. How does Merlyn react to Lucanus's request that he visit the leper colony?
(a) He is uneasy but agrees to do it.
(b) It's fine since they were going there anyway.
(c) Lucanus can go but Merlyn will stay far away.
(d) He decides it's just too risky.

4. When was "The Saxon Shore" originally published?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1788.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1948.

5. Who is Athol's daughter?
(a) Merlyn's deceased wife.
(b) Dedalus's secret lover.
(c) Arthur's mother.
(d) Donuil's aunt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the wild animal that interrupts the beginning of the cavalry show do second?

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

4. What does Donuil suggest he and Merlyn bring as gifts to his father back in Eire?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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