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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. What does one man tell Arthur before he is killed at the shore?
(a) Morgaine has gone insane.
(b) Mordred has escaped.
(c) Nimue has taken over.
(d) Argante is dead.

2. Who does Argante marry after Arthur returns to Guinevere?
(a) Lancelot.
(b) Mordred.
(c) Derfel.
(d) Cerdic.

3. What does Aelle refuse to do when he is wounded?
(a) Leave his son's side.
(b) Retreat.
(c) Admit defeat.
(d) Surrender.

4. Who does Arthur want to be king after Mordred dies?
(a) Himself.
(b) Gwydre.
(c) Galahad.
(d) Derfel.

5. What does Arthur NOT do when he is attacked at the sea shore?
(a) Leaves his children.
(b) Worries about his own safety.
(c) Takes prisoners.
(d) Communicates with Derfel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Prydwen?

2. What causes most of the boats to overturn?

3. How are the king of the refuge country and Arthur related?

4. Where is Arthur told he can take refuge?

5. What is required of a Saxon to die with honor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deformity of the narrator is revealed at the beginning of Part 3?

2. What does Olwen try to get Derfel to do as she takes him to Nimue?

3. What does Arthur do when he gets word that Mordred is marching towards them?

4. How does Derfel persuade Morgan to perform a Druidic spell to fight against Nimue?

5. What does the bishop give to Derfel before the last battle, and why?

6. What breaks the peace in Briton after the defeat of the Saxons?

7. What does Merlin say is his last enchantment?

8. Why is Ceinwyn sick, and how is Derfel supposed to cure her?

9. What does Derfel do when Nimue arrives at the sea shore after Arthur sails away?

10. How does Derfel choose to kill Lancelot, and why?

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