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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 are hired to get the women and children to safety when the reinforcements arrive?

2. What does Guinevere make a pillow for Arthur out of?

3. Who announces the new king after Mordred dies?

4. Where does the shrouded woman take Derfel when she tries to save Ceinwyn?

5. Why will Mordred's throne be available to claim if he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of Taliesin's talents?

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

3. How does Mordred die?

4. What is the ghost fence?

5. What does Merlin reveal to Derfel from his cage?

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

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

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

9. What does Derfel make sure of before he kills Aelle and why?

10. What does Morgan have Derfel do to cure his wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Gawain die, and what does this signify about the culture of this book?

Essay Topic 2

Personal identity is one of the main themes in this book. Where does this theme appear, and how does its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Arthur and Derfel are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences.Write a compare/contrast essay, citing the text for support, about these two characters.

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