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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Archbishop feel about the Queen?
(a) He loves her as much as all her subjects.
(b) He doesn't trust her.
(c) He is struck by her beauty.
(d) He wished she would love him as much as he loves her.

2. What is the name of Earl Ordgar's daughter?
(a) Arles.
(b) Eneda.
(c) Alfrida.
(d) Ordgara.

3. What announcement does Alfrida want to make at dinner that evening after Yuletide?
(a) Her pregnancy.
(b) Her engagement to Rumon.
(c) Her love for Edward.
(d) That she is leaving for the convent the following day.

4. Why was Rumon sent to Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) He was discovered locked in an embrace with Queen Alfrida.
(b) He had to deliver a message for the King.
(c) He had a vision that told him he had to go there.
(d) He had to escape the romantic advances of Queen Alfrida.

5. Who presents Rumon to the King?
(a) Queen Edgive.
(b) Merewyn.
(c) Queen Alfrida.
(d) Archbishop Dunstan.

6. Where does Rumon take the Queen after the King's death?
(a) Back to her bower.
(b) To his room.
(c) To the chapel to pray.
(d) To the royal garden.

7. What is mixed into Rumon's draught?
(a) Hemlock.
(b) Rat poison.
(c) Nightshade.
(d) Arsenic.

8. Who is Breaca?
(a) Rumon's aunt.
(b) Merewyn's sister.
(c) Merewyn's mother.
(d) Rumon's mother.

9. Whom does the King summon shortly after Dunstan's and Rumon's discussion?
(a) Edgive.
(b) Rumon.
(c) Dunstan and Rumon.
(d) Dunstan.

10. Why does Rumon leave Alfrida's castle at noon and return to his own lodgings?
(a) To don his best clothes in anticipation of his betrothal announcement to the King.
(b) To reflect upon his good fortune.
(c) To pack his things for his trip to Ireland.
(d) To nap before the big party.

11. What did Dunstan attempt to do?
(a) Care for plague victims.
(b) Bring the masses to a Christian life.
(c) Marry Merewyn.
(d) Lead the Viking raids.

12. What happens to make the Council want to crown King Edgar's choice to succeed him?
(a) Their love for King Edgar.
(b) A miracle.
(c) The Queen.
(d) They see that Edward is the best choice.

13. Why does Queen Alfrida lose her status at Court?
(a) Because she has already remarried.
(b) Because she is not a blood relation to Edward.
(c) Because she treated Edward badly.
(d) Because she did not support his coronation.

14. Who is the Queen of England?
(a) Queen Eneda.
(b) Queen Alfrida.
(c) Queen Edgive.
(d) Queen Dunstana.

15. Who are the two main characters?
(a) Queen Edgive of Arles and King Edgar of England.
(b) Caw and Trig.
(c) Merewyn of Uther and Romieux de Provence.
(d) Gundred of Roche and Breaca of Uther.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did the King dispatch Earl Athelwald of East Anglia?

2. What does Athelwald do after his report to the King?

3. What does Merewyn receive from Rumon in Chapter 7?

4. Why do the Viking ships not go ashore and attack the Abbey?

5. What does Rumon try to get from the monks?

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