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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. What does Merlin tell Vivien of the book in which the spell is written in "Merlin and Vivien"?
(a) It is invisible.
(b) It is in a language she won't know.
(c) It is deadly.
(d) It is unholy.

2. How does Guinevere promise to dress Geraint's wife in "The Marriage of Geraint"?
(a) Like a queen.
(b) Like the sun.
(c) Like the stars.
(d) Like a princess.

3. To whom is Gorlos married?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Enid.
(c) Leonette.
(d) Ygerne.

4. In which direction is the wood devil in "Balin and Balan"?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

5. Geraint awakens to hear Enid say she is not what to him?
(a) "A true maiden."
(b) "An honest wife."
(c) "A true wife."
(d) "A good wife."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Geraint eventually die?

2. Who is the one person who stops after Geraint has collapsed at the side of the road in "Geraint and Enid"?

3. What does Vivien accuse Merlin of using the spell to do for his own use in "Merlin and Vivien"?

4. It is only after Gareth has dispatched which knight that Lynette begins to view him with some esteem?

5. By what are Balin and Balan located outside Camelot in the beginning of "Balin and Balan"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Enid and Geraint encounter along their path in "Geraint and Enid"? What takes place?

2. Who "stops in" on Geraint and Enid in "Geraint and Enid"? Where are they?

3. How are women and men characterized in "Gareth and Lynette"?

4. Discuss irony as it applies to the story of "Geraint and Enid" in a medieval sense.

5. What tactic does Vivien use on Guinevere in "Merlin and Vivien"?

6. What decision on Arthur's part shocks the court in "Gareth and Lynette"?

7. What misunderstanding does Geraint undergo in "The Marriage of Geraint"? Why?

8. Describe how the theme of humility applies in "Gareth and Lynette."

9. How does the style of Romanticism appear in "The Coming of Arthur"?

10. How does Guinevere's infidelity lead indirectly to Balin's downfall? What religious allusion exists in this story?

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