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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. Tanaburs talks about controlling Derfel's mother's living soul by ____ her.
(a) Killing.
(b) Raping.
(c) Cursing.
(d) Enslaving.

2. Derfel and Valerin, the opposing commanders, exchange ritual insults, threats, and demands for ____.
(a) Surrender.
(b) Blood.
(c) Gold.
(d) Sacrifices.

3. Galahad and Derfel are admitted to Gorfyddyd's great hall where Gundleus and ____ are enthroned beside him.
(a) Mordred.
(b) Galahad.
(c) Lancelot.
(d) Cuneglas.

4. Arthur solemnly vows to kill ____ to avenge Ratae.
(a) Guinevere.
(b) Nimue.
(c) Lunete.
(d) Aelle.

5. Sagramor commands the spearmen, while Arthur takes ____ horsemen to attack the main body at Branogenium.
(a) Forty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____ is Nimue's accuser.

2. Tanaburs alone remains loyal to the fallen ____.

3. Derfel is washing and feeding ____ at Gyllad's farm.

4. Sagramor's 150 ____ come into play.

5. Merlin arranges for a boat and in it is a sealed ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think that it was right for Derfel to kill Tanaburs?

2. How do Derfel and Nimue escape from the Isle Of The Dead?

3. Who is Malldynn and what lesson can be learned from Derfel's encounter with Malldynn.

4. Do you agree with Nimue being imprisoned as a witch?

5. Do you agree with Arthur's attitude towards his enemies?

6. Arthur feels that the war is his fault. Do you agree with that assessment? Why or why not?

7. Explain what Arthur says tot he men before the battle, how the men react and what that says about Arthur's strength of character.

8. Do you agree with Tewdric's reaction to the battle?

9. Explain Gorfyddyd's promises about sparing everyone and about Mordred and how others react to them and what impact that could have on Arthur.

10. Although the book seems, originally, to be about Arthur, who is the book really about and why?

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