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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 does King Ethelred do while the Vikings attack England?
2. Why is Odo friendly to Merewyn?
3. What does Orm ask Merewyn about after she and her party walk over the Mendip Mountains?
4. What kind of a ruler is Ethelred?
5. What does Erik the Red have for his son?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How did Brother Finian and Rumon find out that the smoke Finian smelled was really a Viking attack?
3. How did Merewyn describe the Hafnarfell Mountains?
4. How were Merewyn, Orm, and Thora received at the hostel at Glastonbury Abbey?
5. What was Ethelred like in the year 1002?
6. Why did Orm stiffen when the porter at Glastonbury Abbey referred to the Vikings as "dreadful Danes?"
7. 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?
8. How did Bishop Ethelwold reply to Merewyn when she asked him where she should go upon her return from her journey to bury the Abbess' heart at St. Petroc's?
9. When Finian and Rumon went up to the monastery, what did the prior, Poldu, say happened to Merewyn during the Viking raid?
10. What did Merewyn see on her trip to the Allthing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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