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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 finds Mordred at Sula and Brude's house and brings him back to the castle?

2. Who sends Gawain to bring Mordred back to the castle to be thanked?

3. How are Queen Morguase and King Arthur related?

4. Why is it difficult for Mordred to sleep at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. In Book II, Chapter 1, when are the boys allowed to visit their mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the rest of the court learns that Mordred is the son of King Arthur, how do they act toward Mordred?

2. What does Mordred feel upon his return home to Brude and Sula?

3. What does Mordred slowly begin to understand about his place as King Lot's bastard?

4. In Chapter 8, a ship arrives with news for the Orkney princes. What is the news?

5. When Arthur reveals that he is the father of Mordred, how does Mordred react?

6. Who is rumored to have replaced the great and powerful Merlin in King Arthur's court?

7. When the Ornkey princes and their mother arrive at Camelot, why aren't they allowed to enter into the kingdom?

8. Why does Mordred kill Gabran?

9. What does Mordred overhear that makes him continue to question Queen Morgause's true nature?

10. Why does Mordred think that Morgause is lying about her treatment at the convent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although much can be blamed on Morgause and the Orkney princes, How does Arthur aide in the destruction of his own kingdom?

Name three ways he cold have saved his throne dome?

Essay Topic 2

Besides Mordred, what other character struggles to fit in because of their unclear status?

Is this character's struggle similar to Mordred's?

Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Guinevere's feelings for the following men:

Mordred

Arthur

Bedwyr

Compare her feelings for each man.

Why does Guinevere choose to return to her convent, rather than choose between the three men?

Is it because she loves them all equally?

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