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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to all of Soliman's sons?

2. When the "pagans" behind Jerusalem's walls shout taunts and abuse, what do the Crusaders do?

3. As the men pass by all temptations, upon whom do they come?

4. Argantes volunteers to accompany Clorinda. Why does Soliman volunteer to go as well?

5. In what country did Clorinda grow up, being reared as a pagan and a warrior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A theme relates to woman as a distraction.

Part 1) How are women distractions in this poem?

Part 2) How is this thematic?

Part 3) What does this reveal about the mindset of people at the time the poem is written and the time in which the story takes place?

Essay Topic 2

Two angels enter the battle in opposition to each other.

Part 1) Who are these angels? Why do they join the battle?

Part 2) What is the purpose for the angels in this battle?

Part 3) How do these angels support the ideas of good versus evil and women as starting as evil.

Essay Topic 3

The key purpose of Books 19 and 20 is to bring to a climactic close several of the poem's key elements.

Part 1) What are the poem's key elements that come to a close in this chapter? How do they come to a close?

Part 2) With what questions does this poem leave the reader? Why? What is the purpose of this?

Part 3) Are the questions a reader would have today about this poem be the same questions one would have had when the poem was written? Why or why not?

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