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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cliges.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Erec to decide to leave King Arthur's court?
(a) Erec learns of King Arthur wanting to replace him.
(b) Enide tells Erec of a plot to kill him.
(c) Erec finds out about others despising him.
(d) Enide tells Erec of the other's reproach of him.

2. Who says "The lady is mine, and I am hers. I shall do with her what I wish," and to whom is he referring?
(a) The count who marries Enide about Enide.
(b) King Arthur about Enide.
(c) Guivret the Small about Enide.
(d) Erec about Enide.

3. What have the giants done that causes Erec to go in pursuit of them?
(a) They ate a knight.
(b) They kidnapped a knight.
(c) They burned a village.
(d) They murdered children.

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the three joys and honors Alexander receives?
(a) The castle he captured.
(b) The finest kingdom of Wales.
(c) Marriage to his beloved.
(d) The crown of the Greek empire.

5. What is the first glory of Alexander's knighthood?
(a) Pleding loyalty to King Arthur.
(b) Presenting the Queen with his prisoners.
(c) Marrying Soredamour.
(d) Preventing the traitor from killing King Arthur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is discovered to happen to any man who goes in search of the Joy of the Court?

2. Who is Thessala?

3. On which holiday does the tale Erec and Enide start off?

4. At King Arthur's court, what is the color of armor that Cliges wears on the fourth day of the tournament?

5. To which two historical figures is King Arthur compared?

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