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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why are Merlyn and his men putting on a cavalry display for Athol and his men?
2. What wild animal attacks the group in Chapter 11?
3. How does Merlyn's aunt react when she sees him in Chapter 4?
4. What does Merlyn suspect Uther of doing?
5. What does Ambrose tell Merlyn his men fight like?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is King Athol so amazed at the candles Merlyn and Donuil bring him?
2. Why does Ambrose decide to stay in Camulod in Chapter 6?
3. What is surprising about Donuil's choice to stay in Camulod?
4. What does King Athol do to Finn when he learns that he has been rude to Merlyn?
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 Merlyn come to realize his flying dream in Chapter 8 is actually about?
7. Why is Ludmilla familiar to Merlyn when they meet in Chapter 3?
8. What does Connor tell Merlyn, when he is his captive, he is going to do with Merlyn and baby Arthur?
9. What happens when Ironhair blocks Merlyn's way in Chapter 6?
10. What does Merlyn tell his captors about how he came across the baby Arthur?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss at least 3 literary devices that Whyte uses to help the reader better understand at least one character of your choosing. Use direct quotations and/or examples from the text to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
Describe at least 3 things that Whyte is able to do with the character of Merlyn because he is a man AND at least 3 things he is *not* able to do with him because he is a man.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss 1) at least 3 ways the novel would change if it were written from the perspective of Arthur as well as 2) at least 3 literary devices Whyte could use while writing from this new and different perspective.
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