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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Fires of Mai Dun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who guards the place where Merlin speaks with the gods?
(a) Magical weavers.
(b) Arthur's knights.
(c) Black spear men.
(d) Druid warriors.

2. What is the name of Gawain's father?
(a) Burdric.
(b) Bidric.
(c) Burdin.
(d) Budic.

3. Who shows Derfel the Temple of Mithras?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Merlin.
(c) Bors.
(d) Gawain.

4. How is Arthur able to defeat the Saxon Army?
(a) A prisoner explains the plan of attack.
(b) They are weakened by the plague.
(c) An important letter is intercepted.
(d) They are led into a trap.

5. How did Merlin make the naked woman glow?
(a) With a strange powder.
(b) With transluscent leaves.
(c) With a secretion of clams.
(d) With an old Roman spell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Arthur send Derfel to converse with the Saxon King?

2. What season does Derfel set out on his mission?

3. What happens to Guinevere after her infidelity?

4. What was the occupation of the narrator of this book?

5. What surprising thing does Derfel do at the end of this fight in the Saxon Hall?

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