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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. In Corinium, Lunete gives birth to ____.
(a) Triplets.
(b) A girl.
(c) Twins.
(d) A boy.
2. ____ is the name of the princess who is in labor at the start of the story.
(a) Nowberna.
(b) Norgana.
(c) Norwenna.
(d) Nowerna.
3. ____ is the thing that the monk pretends to be writing to keep what he is actually doing from the bishop.
(a) A note.
(b) A gospel.
(c) A letter.
(d) A diary.
4. Nimue and Derfel lie together in the dreadful ____.
(a) Dungeon.
(b) Tower.
(c) Closet.
(d) Dining Room.
5. Cuneglas and Ceinwyn are ____'s children.
(a) Gowain.
(b) Owain.
(c) Derfel.
(d) Gorfyddyd.
Short Answer Questions
1. Bedwin and ____ report on the Saxon threat and state of the kingdoms.
2. Ceinwyn gives tokens to all of arthurs men and one of them is a ____ that she gives to Derfel.
3. ____ is the number of thrones on the dais that are empty at the High Council.
4. As soon as the Franks swarm into the city, Lancelot, his mother, and the poets flee by ____.
5. ____ is the place that has remained unchanged during a bountiful summer.
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mordred escape death at Gundleus' hands?
2. Who is Nimue according to the description in the first part of the book?
3. Describe the religious focus of Chapter 2.
4. Explain how Arthur winds up killing Owain.
5. Explain how Arthur uses bribery to get what he wants, but it backfires, in relation to Powys and Siluria. What does that say about bribery in general.
6. Describe the opening of the novel.
7. Why does Arthur ask Derfel to check on Guinevere?
8. 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?
9. Describe Norwenna's attitude, after Uther's death.
10. Explain why Uther holds the first High Council in Britain in sixty years.
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