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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Canto 12 | Book 6, Canto 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Calidore searching for?
(a) The Blatant Beast.
(b) Duessa.
(c) The Hairy Carl.
(d) Archimago.

2. How is Acrasia captured?
(a) Guyon and the Palmer set her horde of beasts on her.
(b) Arthur casts a spell over everyone in her household.
(c) Guyon and the Palmer throw a net over her while she is in bed with her lover.
(d) Fearing for his own life, her lover helps Guyon and the Palmer to tie her up while she is sleeping.

3. How does Arthur finally defeat Maleger after he revives himself from death numerous times?
(a) He uses a spell he found in a book that makes him a mere mortal.
(b) He tells his army that he is planning to kill them and they help to kill him.
(c) He hold him in the air as he dies so that the earth from which he was made will not restore him.
(d) He chops off his head and then burns it so that his degenerative powers can't take hold.

4. What does Maleffort do to knights and ladies that he captures?
(a) Curses them with impotence and infertility.
(b) Shaves and shears them.
(c) Mocks them until they lose all confidence.
(d) Gouges out their eyes.

5. What are the names of the two hags who meet Artegall and Talus on the road back home?
(a) Jealousy and Distraction.
(b) Idleness and Impurity.
(c) Envy and Detraction.
(d) Lewdness and Perversion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maleger ride as he comes to attack the castle?

2. How does Arthur bribe his way into the castle?

3. What protects Guyon and the Palmer from the horde of beasts that guard Acrasia's abode?

4. What leads Belphoebe back to Timias?

5. Guymon also found a book that was of great interest to him. What was his about?

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