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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, The Saxon Shore: Chapters 11-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Athol's friends view his leprosy?
(a) With disgust.
(b) With silent horror.
(c) With understanding and compassion.
(d) This is a trick question; Athol doesn't have leprosy.

2. Which two people in Eire does Merlyn have an instant aversion to?
(a) Athol and his wife.
(b) Two nameless servants.
(c) Mungo and Finn.
(d) Arthur's nanny and tutor.

3. What does the wild animal that interrupts the beginning of the cavalry show do first?
(a) Eat a baby.
(b) Attack the crowds.
(c) Kill a man.
(d) Stand up straight and scare everyone to pieces.

4. Why are Merlyn and his men nervous about the planned cavalry display for Athol and his men?
(a) They don't have their usual amount of horses and riders.
(b) They don't want to seem as showing off too much.
(c) Their horses are hungry and not acting right.
(d) The horses spook easily in the new land.

5. What does Merlyn do when he finds Uther's body?
(a) Makes a funeral pyre for him.
(b) Buries it.
(c) Steals the clothes.
(d) Looks for jewelry he can sell for food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Merlyn tell Ambrose about his ascent to power in Chapter 7?

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

4. What does Merlyn say to Ambrose when he asks, in Chapter 6, if the infantry and the cavalry every combine?

5. What do Connor and Merlyn talk about when the first converse together?

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