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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Meleagant imprison Lancelot?
(a) In a tower in the forest.
(b) In a farm on the inlet of a lake.
(c) In a farm in the forest.
(d) In a tower on the inlet of a lake.

2. What does Lunete's advice to Laudine tell us about her character?
(a) She is cunning.
(b) She is malicious.
(c) She is friendly.
(d) She is devious.

3. Why does Yvain fight Sir Gawain even though they are supposed to know one another?
(a) Because they do not recognize each other.
(b) Because Yvain's wife was stolen by the man.
(c) Because they are now enemies.
(d) Because they hate each other.

4. Who is ashamed that he could not defeat Meleagant?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) Kay.
(c) King Bademagu.
(d) Lancelot.

5. Who offers to help Yvain escape after he is trapped?
(a) Laudine.
(b) Calogrenant.
(c) Sir Gawain.
(d) Lunete.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lancelot join the Queen in her room?

2. Who begs Yvain, In disguise, to stay after he and his lion battle?

3. What does Lunete advise Laudine to do?

4. With Lancelot's arrival to the land of Meleagant, what does King Bademagu attempt to do?

5. Who does Yvain save the lion from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Lunete's identity foreshadowed when Yvain comes across her as a prisoner?

2. Briefly compare and contrast King Bademagu and his son, Meleagant, from The Knight of the Cart.

3. What is the dispute between the two daughters of the Lord of Blackthorn?

4. What are some instances in which Lancelot's appeal to women is depicted?

5. What is the irony of King Bademagu keeping the Queen safely confined in The Knight of the Cart?

6. With Kay insisting upon leaving after the knight issues a challenge, what qualities does he show and how does it affect the Queen in The Knight of the Cart?

7. What shame follows Lancelot throughout his adventures in The Knight of the Cart?

8. Why does Lunete offer to help Yvain escape when he is trapped?

9. What does Lancelot's ability to lift the stone slab in the church's cemetery in The Knight of the Cart foreshadow?

10. What agreement do Yvain and Laudine come to when Yvain is told of King Arthur's tournament?

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