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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. ____ is the name of the person that the monk scribes stories about.
2. ____ is the name of the queen.
3. ____ is the name of the person that is summoned to take over the birthing.
4. ____ is the name of the High King who was in his last year, as the monk's story began.
5. A temple to ____ is being rebuilt by the Christians as an artless chapel for Mordred.
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how Arthur winds up killing Owain.
2. How does Mordred escape death at Gundleus' hands?
3. Describe the character of Derfel and his role as the novel opens..
4. Describe the opening of the novel.
5. 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?
6. Describe the baby that is born at the start of the novel.
7. Who is Nimue according to the description in the first part of the book?
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Explain why Uther holds the first High Council in Britain in sixty years.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One of the major themes of the book is religion.
Part 1: Explain how religion fuels war in the novel.
Part 2: Choose any time in the character when religious lines seem blurred and describe it.
Part 3: Derfel goes through a religious transformation, as the story progresses. Describe what religion he starts out a member of, what religion he winds up a member of and why you feel that transformation took place. Do you feel that it was a good transformation? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Choose the character that you feel changed the most, as the story progressed, and answer the following questions about them:
1. What were they like in the beginning of the story?
2. What were they like at the end of the story?
3. When and why do you think the transition took place?
4. Do you feel that it was a good transition? Use at least two examples from the story to explain why or why not.
Essay Topic 3
Arthur essentially takes Derfel under his wing when Derfel is a boy.
Part 1: Do you thinkt hat Arthur took an immediate liking to Derfel because the two of them were so much alike, or do you think that Arthur shaped Derfel to be a bit like him later on in the story? Use at least two examples to back up your answer.
Part 2: Derfel views Arthur as a cross between a father figure and a God at various points. Do you think that Derfel is right about Arthur or do you think that Arthur has a bad side that Derfel is somehow not noticing? Use at least two examples from the story to back up your answer.
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