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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. ____ takes the offensive in the fight with Arthur until he slips in the mud.
(a) Derfel.
(b) Ternic.
(c) Owain.
(d) Terfel.

2. Derfel earns the title Cadarn, which means the ____.
(a) Mighty.
(b) King.
(c) Brave.
(d) Stubborn.

3. Guinevere is said to worship ____.
(a) Inbicus.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Icarus.
(d) Isis.

4. The Franks call the defenders forest ____.
(a) Bears.
(b) Owls.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Cats.

5. ____ is the number of wounds that are the prerequisite to belonging to the Gods.
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____ marries Ceinwyn.

2. Arthur tries to make it up to Ceinwyn but Gorfyddyd insists on Arthur's ____.

3. ____ is where the princess went into labor.

4. Ban insists that Derfel stay for dinner to meet his warrior sons, Lancelot and ____.

5. As soon as the Franks swarm into the city, Lancelot, his mother, and the poets flee by ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the baby that is born at the start of the novel.

2. Explain why Uther holds the first High Council in Britain in sixty years.

3. How does Mordred escape death at Gundleus' hands?

4. Why does Derfel understand, and even respect, Arthur's plan to elope?

5. Describe Norwenna's attitude, after Uther's death.

6. Explain how Guinevere's discussion with Derfel about her feelings for Gorfyddyd upset Derfel and how Derfel handles the situation.

7. What's the difference between the story that Derfel is telling and the one that the Queen wants to hear and what does that say about the interpretation of events?

8. In general, what sort of attitude does Arthur seem to have up to this point in the story?

9. Explain how the meeting between Gorfyddyd, Cuneglas and Arthur gives further detail tot he marriage plan that Arthur has and how, in general, marriages seem to be used in Arthur's time.

10. Explain how Derfel's initiation mirrors modern-day practices.

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