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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. Who is the King of England?
(a) King Edgar.
(b) King Dunstan.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) King Athelwald.
2. How does Merewyn react to Rumon's betrothal?
(a) By telling him that she is in love with him.
(b) By telling him she's very happy for him.
(c) By telling him he is either mad or bewitched - or both.
(d) By sobbing.
3. Who does Rumon see Alfrida give a cup to?
(a) Merewyn.
(b) Ethelred.
(c) Edward.
(d) Dunstan.
4. Why do the Viking ships not go ashore and attack the Abbey?
(a) They lose their way.
(b) The severe storm sinks the Vikings.
(c) They are stopped by English fighters.
(d) They take thunder and a bolt of lightening as a sign that Thor is angry.
5. What does Merewyn hope her prayers will accomplish?
(a) They will cure her of her ailments.
(b) They will reveal her true love.
(c) They will help her ailing mother
(d) They will help her find her way back home.
Short Answer Questions
1. What other name is Romieux de Provence known by?
2. Whom does the King summon shortly after Dunstan's and Rumon's discussion?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 7, where is Merewyn living?
4. Why doesn't Rumon drink his draught?
5. How long ago did the King dispatch Earl Athelwald of East Anglia?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the monastery behind the small church that is dedicated to St. Petroc look like when Rumon saw it for the first time?
2. Why was the thought of Merewyn painful for Rumon as he talked to Dunstan outside his guesthouse rooms at Glastonbury Abbey?
3. How does Dunstan describe the scene that he came upon that led him to take Rumon to Glastonbury Abbey two weeks after the coronation?
4. What terrible events followed very soon after Edward's Coronation?
5. What kind of person is Earl Alfhere, Lord of all Mercia, when he is introduced in Chapter 3? What does he look like?
6. Why did Rumon leave his homeland?
7. How does Elfled describe the dream she had to Merewyn while in Ramsey Abbey's garden on the feast of the Assumption?
8. What does King Edgar look like when Rumon and Merewyn first encounter him?
9. On the feast of the Assumption, how does Merewyn describe the Abbey's gardens as she sat in them beside Elfled on the well curb?
10. What was Rumon's nightmare on Christmas night after Alfrida had made time to see him earlier in the day?
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