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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Morgause extremely pleased with Mordred?
(a) He seems to have magical abilities.
(b) He has a strong likeness to Arthur.
(c) He looks a lot like her.
(d) He creates a calming experience wherever he goes.

2. After Queen Morgause is finished her story, what does Mordred believe about himself?
(a) Queen Morgause is his mother.
(b) King Lot must have loved him very much.
(c) Mordred must be the bane of Arthur's existence.
(d) Arthur wants to kill him.

3. How have Arthur's guards made it impossible for Mordred to escape?
(a) They handcuffed him.
(b) Locked him in a dungeon.
(c) They tightened security.
(d) They locked him in a cage.

4. What is Rheged?
(a) King Urbgen and Queen Morgan's home.
(b) A Medieval disease.
(c) An island in Mordred's home town.
(d) A place Mordred goes to be calm.

5. How do the men act around their mother?
(a) Mean animals.
(b) Like little boys.
(c) Like grown men.
(d) Sad puppies.

6. In Book II, Chapter 1, when are the boys allowed to visit their mother?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) January.

7. What has happened to the maids in Morgause's antechamber?
(a) They were tied up.
(b) There were no maids.
(c) They have been drugged.
(d) They were killed.

8. Where is the traveler's next stop?
(a) Saxton.
(b) Wales.
(c) Briton.
(d) Welsh country.

9. Who sends Gawain to bring Mordred back to the castle to be thanked?
(a) Queen Morgause.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) Sula.
(d) King Lot.

10. How does Arthur feel toward Mordred?
(a) Nervous about the prophecy.
(b) Proud of how his son turned out.
(c) Sad that he is Morgause's son too.
(d) Confused because this could be his downfall.

11. Before Mordred can get to the "ailing" Morgause, who has arrived at the convent?
(a) Gaheris.
(b) Gawain.
(c) Agravain.
(d) Gabran.

12. Where does the group stay while waiting for Arthur's notice to take them to Camelot?
(a) At a convent.
(b) King Melwas' castle.
(c) Outside Camelot.
(d) In a tent.

13. How is Arthur's character depicted in the novel?
(a) Corrupt and fat.
(b) As a kind and fair person.
(c) Scared and meek.
(d) A mean king.

14. What is revealed about Arthur's supposed slaughtering of infants during Morgan and Morgause's meeting?
(a) King Lot ordered the killing.
(b) Arthur still wants Mordred dead.
(c) Arthur did not slaughter infants.
(d) Merlin suggested the killings.

15. After drinking and gambling for a long time, what has Gabran run out of?
(a) Money.
(b) Horses.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Jewels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the men sad for their mother?

2. What surprises Queen Morgause about Mordred as he comes to court in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 14, where is Queen Morgause sent by Arthur?

4. When Morgause announces her sons will go to King Arthur, how does she seem?

5. What do all of the Orkney princes slowly become at Camelot?

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