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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. What did the monks do when the Vikings attacked?
2. Why does Rumon leave Alfrida's castle at noon and return to his own lodgings?
3. What does Merewyn receive from Rumon in Chapter 7?
4. How does the Archbishop feel about the Queen?
5. When Merewyn sees Gunnar Thoredsson at the Abbey, how does he look?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has Merewyn changed since she first came to work for Alfrida in the Queen's Bower?
2. How does Elfled describe the dream she had to Merewyn while in Ramsey Abbey's garden on the feast of the Assumption?
3. How does Queen Alfrida look when she arrives in the Great Hall to meet Merewyn and Rumon?
4. What does King Edgar look like when Rumon and Merewyn first encounter him?
5. How did Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, look when Rumon first sees him?
6. What happened between Alfrida and Alfhere when Alfhere burst into Alfrida's bower after he heard that Ethelred would not attend Edward's Coronation?
7. Why was the thought of Merewyn painful for Rumon as he talked to Dunstan outside his guesthouse rooms at Glastonbury Abbey?
8. Why did Rumon leave his homeland?
9. What did Rumon say to Merewyn in his letter that he sent to her at the Abbey?
10. Describe Caw when he is first introduced in Chapter 1.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explore how gender affects the plot and character development in "Avalon." How are male and female characters portrayed? What are the roles of males and females in Medieval society both in England and Iceland? How did gender influence the choices that were available to the characters and the decisions that they made?
Essay Topic 2
Alfrida could be considered a villainness. Analyze the nature of her villainy and show how it enhances the meaning of the novel and is crucial to plot development.
Essay Topic 3
Merewyn and Rumon are introduced with certain dreams, plans, and expectations. In the course of the novel, these main characters must come to terms with the difference between their dreams and the reality of the world around them. Examine how both Merewyn and Rumon navigate the journey from dreams to reality: What kind of course do they follow and how are they changed as they go on their journey? How do they adjust their idea of what Avalon is from the beginning of the novel to the end? Do they find what they seek?
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