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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 is the name of the chamberlain who tells Merlin about the king's condition?
2. Where do Merlin and Ralf meet the king's soldiers?
3. Who does Merlin tell Ralf he must be loyal to?
4. How many days does it take for Merlin to find a formula that may help Uther's injury?
5. What is the name of the king's illegitimate daughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What saves Merlin and company while they are traveling through the Perilous Forest? How? Does the author lead the reader to believe that this is an ordinary occurrence?
2. Merlin meets Morgause, Uther's illegitimate daughter, after developing a medicine for the ailing Uther. What are Merlin's impressions of Morgause? Does the author give any indication that there is more to Morgause than is being revealed?
3. What dream does Merlin have while traveling to the glass blower's hut in the forest? What is its significance?
4. Moravik has a unique perspective of Merlin. What is it and why does she feel the way she does about him?
5. How does Merlin come to know the Old Ones in the forest?
6. The spring after Arthur's twelfth birthday brings the rumblings of war to England. What happens?
7. Why does Merlin plan to take over the Chapel of the Green himself after the old hermit dies?
8. Why does Merlin feel that he cannot share information, even with Ahdjan, a relative, so far from Britain?
9. What does the term "Flood Year" refer to? Why is it important to the story?
10. How does Arthur finally meet Merlin? How does Merlin recognize the boy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What evidence is there that the characters who participated in bringing Uther and Ygraine together the night of Arthur's conception are more closely connected than any of them first realize?
Essay Topic 2
Merlin has visions and prophecies throughout the story about Arthur and those around him. How do these visions shape the actions of the characters? Give one example of a vision that came true and an example of one that did not. Which are more significant?
Essay Topic 3
The white deer appears in this story more than once. Where does it appear and what is its significance in each situation? To the story overall?
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