The Dragon and The Raven 16

Study Guide Questions for Ch. 16 “Freda”

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Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)

Appearance vs. Reality, Providence, Despair, Hope, Deception

Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)

1. According to the text, why would Sweyn want to avoid staying closer to the larger body of his fellow Danes?

2. What was the primary danger Edmund’s group faced upon entering the Ardennes forest?

3. What did Edmund send the peasant to acquire for his men?

4. What were Sweyn’s men doing when Edmund found them?

5. How did Edmund gain information about Sweyn’s plans?

6. What had Freda sworn to Sweyn that she would do?

7. What was Edmund’s original plan to try to rescue Freda and what was the result?

8. What did Edmund observe about the kind of ships which Sweyn had built?

9. What did Edmund tell Freda once he was able to speak to her?

10. How did Freda pacify Sweyn’s questions about who she had talked to?

11. Whom did Edmund find on board the Dragon (much to his surprise)?

Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)

1. Why did Edmund assume that the local inhabitants would not cut timber so deep in the woods?

2. Why might the Danes bring their wives with them when they invaded a country whereas the Saxon and French soldiers leave their wives at home when they go off to war?

Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)

1. Would you say that the townspeople were prudent or cowardly in their response to Edmund’s attempts to call them to arms against the Danish band? Explain your rationale.

2. Consider Freda’ response to Sweyn after Edmund made contact with her. Can a person tell the truth and still be deceptive? If so, how? If not, why not?

3. Was Freda wrong to answer Sweyn as she did? Why or why not?

Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)

1. Read 1 Samuel 30. Compare and contrast this passage of Scripture with Edmund’s situation. What is similar and what is different? What should be praised and what should be censured in either case?