View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sends Gaheris into a rage?

2. How is Arthur able to learn about Mordred and the Queen?

3. What is Guinevere scared of?

4. Why does everyone assume Arthur is dead?

5. What does Mordred gain while living here?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the twins track down and kill Lamorak?

2. What causes confusion between all the characters during the last part of the book?

3. Who has redeemed himself in Arthur's eye?

4. Why does Mordred want to visit Nimue?

5. When Gaheris catches his mother in her lover's arms, how does he react?

6. Describe Mordred's life on the island.

7. Why does Arthur choose Mordred to accompany him on the trip to meet the Saxons?

8. As Mordred comes back to Camelot, what changes is he informed of?

9. What confusion occurs in Guinevere's bed chamber?

10. Why doesn't Mordred think Gawain should go as a part of the peace envoy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Guinevere's feelings for the following men:

Mordred

Arthur

Bedwyr

Compare her feelings for each man.

Why does Guinevere choose to return to her convent, rather than choose between the three men?

Is it because she loves them all equally?

Essay Topic 2

1. Name the four Orkney princes.

2. Next, Describe each prince.

3. Pick two princes and then compare them to one another. How do these two compete for their mother's affections?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 613 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample