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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 number of wounds that are the prerequisite to belonging to the Gods.
2. At the High Council at Glevum, ____ is dying.
3. Arthur remains in ____, where the king is reluctant to lose his warlord.
4. Nimue dismisses the idea that Arthur can bring peace to ____.
5. Gundleus goes to battle the ____.
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain Derfel's inner conflict when Tristan arrives demanding justice for the tin miners.
2. In general, what sort of attitude does Arthur seem to have up to this point in the story?
3. Explaina Arthur's role in Dumnonia as he prepares to leave to winter in Corinium.
4. Describe Norwenna's attitude, after Uther's death.
5. Describe the character of Derfel and his role as the novel opens..
6. Explain why Uther holds the first High Council in Britain in sixty years.
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. Explain how Derfel's initiation mirrors modern-day practices.
9. Explain the High Council's attitude toward what is going on with Arthur and Mordred as they hold their meeting.
10. Explain the ceremonial process of baby Mordred becoming king.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Inner conflict is a major problem for certain characters in the story. For example, Derfel feels conflicted about his knowledge of the tin miners incident. Arthur feels conflicted about his marriage to Ceinwyn and later, about having to trade innocent lives for help in the larger battle.
Part 1: Explain two other examples of characters with inner conflicts in the book.
Part 2: Do you agree with how those inner conflicts are resolved? Why or why not? If not, what would you do differently?
Part 3: In what ways did those inner conflicts create exterior conflicts? For example, in the case of Arthur being conflicted over marriage, it sparked an entire war.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
The novel teaches many life lessons. Choose any two lessons that you learned from the novel and explain where in the novel those lessons are taught, as well as what you learned from them or what point you feel the author was trying to get across with them.
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