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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, The Isle of the Dead, pgs. 269-331.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the High Council at Glevum, ____ is dying.
(a) Arthur.
(b) Nimue.
(c) Derfel.
(d) Uther.

2. ____ is the name of the princess who is in labor at the start of the story.
(a) Norwenna.
(b) Nowberna.
(c) Nowerna.
(d) Norgana.

3. Cuneglas and Ceinwyn are ____'s children.
(a) Gowain.
(b) Gorfyddyd.
(c) Owain.
(d) Derfel.

4. Although Ceinwyn is getting married, ____ is in love with her.
(a) Nabur.
(b) Mordred.
(c) Cuneglas.
(d) Derfel.

5. As soon as the Franks swarm into the city, Lancelot, his mother, and the poets flee by ____.
(a) Boat.
(b) Horse.
(c) Hidden tunnels.
(d) Foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____ swears to kill Gundleus if he is released for political reasons.

2. Gorfyddyd's Edling is ____.

3. Nimue's life is spared by ____'s insistence.

4. ____ is the type of miners that Cadwy plans to attack.

5. ____ meets peaceful Malldynn, who explains the isle's set-up and says someone of Nimue's description lives with the sea folk.

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