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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rumon try to get from the monks?
(a) The deed to the land that they stole from him.
(b) All their gold.
(c) Some sort of aid for the house of Uther.
(d) A blessing.

2. How does the Queen react to the King's decision as to whom he has chosen to succeed him?
(a) She is in shock.
(b) She is too upset at the King's dying to react.
(c) She also gives her blessing.
(d) She stalks out of the room in a rage.

3. Why is Rumon lost?
(a) Because his map is wrong.
(b) Because he has a bad sense of direction.
(c) Because his guides abandoned him.
(d) Because he was shipwrecked.

4. What other name is Romieux de Provence known by?
(a) Rumon.
(b) King Edgar.
(c) Romulan.
(d) Robert of Provence.

5. How old was King Edgar?
(a) 59.
(b) 40.
(c) 31.
(d) 23.

6. What does Alfrida do to surprise Edward shortly after Yuletide passes?
(a) She tell him that she is going to the convent.
(b) She accepts the invitation to his upcoming wedding.
(c) She tells him that she has always secretly loved him.
(d) She apologizes for not treating him properly when she became his stemother.

7. Why do Rumon and Merewyn suspect that Merewyn's mother is dead?
(a) Because they see no smoke rising from the chimney.
(b) Because she is not breathing.
(c) Because they check her pulse.
(d) Because they find her with a knife stuck in her chest.

8. What does the King tell Merewyn?
(a) That she must leave the Court immediately, never to return.
(b) That she is welcome and will be treated in a manner that befits the last of the line of King Arthur.
(c) That she is his long lost daughter and should be crowned as such the following day.
(d) That she is forbidden to travel alone with a man and should be punished.

9. What message does Gunner deliver from Edward to Alfrida?
(a) That he loves her.
(b) That this would be a good time to consider retiring from Court.
(c) That she should not speak to the King unless she is spoken to.
(d) That King Edward means to have her executed.

10. How does Merewyn react to Rumon's betrothal?
(a) By telling him she's very happy for him.
(b) By telling him he is either mad or bewitched - or both.
(c) By sobbing.
(d) By telling him that she is in love with him.

11. Who is the King of England?
(a) King Dunstan.
(b) King Athelwald.
(c) King Edgar.
(d) King Arthur.

12. What is Dunstan suggesting to Rumon after his stay at Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) That Rumon find someone to marry.
(b) That Rumon return to Court.
(c) That Rumon leave the Queen alone.
(d) That Rumon go back to France.

13. Why is Gunnar disgusted when he goes to the Abbey?
(a) He can't believe that he has found Merewyn in an abbey.
(b) Because his sister, Elgifu, who was Edward's wife, is being given to Ethelred.
(c) He is feared by the sisters.
(d) He was treated badly by Alfrida.

14. With whom does Dunstan suggest that Rumon marry and have children?
(a) Eneda.
(b) Ordgara.
(c) Merewyn.
(d) Edgive.

15. What does the Prior tell Rumon about Merewyn?
(a) That she is a witch.
(b) That she is descended from royal blood as she claims to be.
(c) That she is his illigitimate daughter.
(d) That she is of Viking descent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Breaca's family during the Viking attack?

2. Why was Rumon sent to Glastonbury Abbey?

3. Why does Merewyn leave home?

4. Where does Rumon take the Queen after the King's death?

5. What announcement does Alfrida want to make at dinner that evening after Yuletide?

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