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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 surprising information does Mordred get from Arthur?
(a) Bedwyr is Mordred's father.
(b) Arthur is Mordred's son.
(c) Merlin never made a prophecy.
(d) Queen Guinevere is Mordred's mother.

2. What does Nimue have?
(a) Morgause's trust.
(b) A kind heart.
(c) A mean streak.
(d) All the powers and memories of Merlin.

3. As Mordred begins his life as a prince, what does he learn to do?
(a) Fight and get into scrapes.
(b) Fight, ride, and establish his place.
(c) Ride a pony.
(d) To read.

4. Queen Morgause says she had a ___________ prior to the news Mordred brings her.
(a) Coma.
(b) Hallucination.
(c) Dream.
(d) Vision.

5. Why is it difficult for Mordred to sleep at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) He needs no light where he sleeps.
(b) He now lives at the castle with his half brothers.
(c) He has the gout.
(d) He feels bad for leaving his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Arthur feel toward Mordred?

2. Who alerts the guards of Mordred's escape attempt?

3. What is Morgause's walk through the castle symbolic of?

4. Who are the princes put in the care of?

5. As Chapter 15 ends, why are the two men excited and happy?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Arthur reveals that Morgasue is Mordred's mother, how does Mordred react?

2. What does Mordred slowly begin to understand about his place as King Lot's bastard?

3. What does Mordred feel upon his return home to Brude and Sula?

4. Why is Morgause sent to a convent instead of back to the islands?

5. What do the Orkney princes question as all the brothers and Queen Morgause leave for Camelot?

6. What shocking action does the Queen perform in Chapter 9? What does this tell Mordred about the Queen?

7. Where does the ship stop before continuing onto Camelot?

8. Why does Mordred think that Morgause is lying about her treatment at the convent?

9. What is Arthur looking for when the guards bring Mordred in to see him?

10. Who is rumored to have replaced the great and powerful Merlin in King Arthur's court?

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