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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Cornwall: Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Merlyn's aunt react when she sees him in Chapter 4?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) She is very angry.
(c) She is very happy.
(d) She simply doesn't believe it, since she thought he was dead.

2. What does Merlyn dream about the night after he visits the leper colony?
(a) That Arthur will get leprosy one day.
(b) That his wife comes back but now has leprosy.
(c) That he sees his own leprous image in a mirror.
(d) That someone burns down the leper colony.

3. What does Donuil suggest he and Merlyn bring as gifts to his father back in Eire?
(a) Honey.
(b) Candles.
(c) Roses.
(d) Mead.

4. What does baby Arthur wear around his neck that Merlyn removes in Chapter 1?
(a) A golden signet ring.
(b) A tooth from a boar his uncle killed.
(c) A necklace with a key.
(d) A piece of lace from his mother, the queen.

5. How does Merlyn react when teased by Lucanus about his attraction to Ludmilla?
(a) He gets absoultely furious and starts a fight.
(b) He teases Lucanus right back.
(c) He ignores it, as his mother advised many years ago.
(d) He immediately denies it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Merlyn get angry with Donuil when he goes hunting by himself in Chapter 10?

2. For whom do Merlyn and Ambrose plan an elaborate funeral in Chapter 8?

3. What kind of romantic relationships make Merlyn uncomfortable in the beginning of "The Saxon Shore"?

4. How does Ambrose react to the beauty and power of Camulod?

5. Where is Merlyn stabbed after the funeral in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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