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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. What news does the Royal ship bring in Chapter 8?

2. What surprising information does Mordred get from Arthur?

3. After drinking and gambling for a long time, what has Gabran run out of?

4. What type of people are the twins turning into?

5. Concerning Arthur, what is Queen Morgause unsure of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mordred kill Gabran?

2. In Chapter 8, a ship arrives with news for the Orkney princes. What is the news?

3. Who has come to love Morgause and how were they able to meet her while she was in seclusion?

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

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

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

7. What does Arthur promise to Mordred?

8. Why does Mordred think that he must watch what he says around Morgause's sons?

9. When the Ornkey princes and their mother arrive at Camelot, why aren't they allowed to enter into the kingdom?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Medieval men.

Why were they allowed to act on every raw emotion and feeling?

How does Arthur let his emotions, especially his quest for peace, eventually ruin Camelot?

On the other hand, how does the Orkney princes' raw emotions and violent tendencies ruin Camelot?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the point of view used by the author throughout the entire book.

Was is first person, second, person, or third person (limited or subjective)?

How does this point of view influence the reader's opinion concerning Mordred's innocence?

How does this literary choice create sympathy for Mordred? Or would you disagree? Does the voice not create a sympathetic tone for Mordred?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how half siblings Arthur and Morgause are literary foils.

How are they alike and how are they similar?

What are their individual ideals?

How do they both try to shape Mordred into what they think is the person he should be?

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