2. What kind of life does Lucanus live?
(a) A life of silence.
(b) A celibate life.
(c) A life of indulgence and gluttony.
(d) A life of poverty.

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

4. For whom do Merlyn and Ambrose plan an elaborate funeral in Chapter 8?
(a) Merlyn's aunt.
(b) Arthur's wet nurse.
(c) Popilius.
(d) Donuil.

5. Who is Ambrose?
(a) Merlyn's uncle.
(b) Merlyn's cousin.
(c) Merlyn's son.
(d) Merlyn's stepbrother.

6. Who gives the death blow to the animal that interrupts the cavalry show for Athol and his men?
(a) Donuil.
(b) Sheelagh.
(c) Athol.
(d) Merlyn.

7. How does Athol feel when Donuil returns to Eire?
(a) Betrayed.
(b) Very happy.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Jealous.

8. Why does Merlyn get angry with Donuil when he goes hunting by himself in Chapter 10?
(a) Because if he didn't come back, Merlyn couldn't get Arthur back.
(b) Because someone is following them and they could have been attacked.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Because he could have gotten hurt.

9. During the conversation about Merlyn possibly being a sorcerer in Chapter 9, what does Merlyn admit to Ambrose?
(a) That the fees for being a sorcerer are very expensive.
(b) That being a sorcerer is a lot harder than he had thought.
(c) That he does have prophetic dreams.
(d) That being a sorcerer is a lot easier than he had thought.

10. What promise does Merlyn make to the dead Uther?
(a) That his death will go unnoticed by anyone important.
(b) That he will rot in hell.
(c) That his son will think well of him.
(d) That Merlyn will finally feel satisfaction over his death.

11. What kind of description does Athol want from Merlyn in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) A description of the future as Merlyn sees it in his dreams.
(b) A description of how horrible the leper colony was.
(c) A description of the lands between Camulod and Glevum.
(d) A description of the kind of woman his daughter had become.

12. What does Ambrose tell Merlyn his men fight like?
(a) Barbarians.
(b) Saxons.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Women.

13. How does Ambrose react to the beauty and power of Camulod?
(a) He thinks it's nice but that it will never match that of Rome.
(b) It just makes him miss home even more.
(c) He is too depressed to even notice it.
(d) He is overwhelmed by it.

14. What item from the animal in Chapter 11 does Dedalus keep?
(a) A patch of fur.
(b) The beast's spiraled tusks.
(c) A piece of tail.
(d) A footprint in the mud that later dried.

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