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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. Who becomes ill when Ketil goes down to the naust for his daily walk to the Bylgja?
2. Who's hand in marriage does King Ethelred ask for?
3. Where does Merewyn and her family live?
4. After Thorbjorg tells Sigurd and Merewyn about Ketil, what does Thorbjorg say about Merewyn ?
5. What commands does Leif present to the people when he arrives at the feast?
Short Essay Questions
1. How were Merewyn, Orm, and Thora received at the hostel at Glastonbury Abbey?
2. How was Sigurd dressed as he followed Ketil on the way to the Allthing?
3. Where was Merewyn's interview and what was Merewyn doing with Abbess Merwinna when the Abbess told Merewyn that she couldn't be accepted into the novitiate?
4. What did Merewyn see on her trip to the Allthing?
5. How does Merewyn describe Thorbjorg, the seeress from Brattalid?
6. What did Orm feel for his mother once Orm sold the Bylgia to the Bristol Thane, Odo?
7. When Brother Finian told Rumon that he smelled smoke as they came to the broad estuary of the Camel River in their search for Merewyn, how did Rumon respond to Finian?
8. When Finian and Rumon went up to the monastery, what did the prior, Poldu, say happened to Merewyn during the Viking raid?
9. How did Merewyn describe the Hafnarfell Mountains?
10. What did Merewyn see as the differences between Greenland and Iceland?
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
In "Avalon," many brutal Viking raids are described. Compare and contrast the English views of Vikings or Norsemen to what we see when Merewyn becomes an accepted member of Icelandic society.
Essay Topic 3
What is the role of the Catholic Church in "Avalon?" How does the Church influence decisions made by the characters? How would the characters decisions be different if the Church didn't have such pervasive effect in Medieval society?
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