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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sparrow-Hawk's real name?

2. Who is Gareth's mother?

3. Who is the King of Lot's wife, as mentioned in the Dedication?

4. Arthur's knights claim that two men know the truth of Arthur's birth. These are Merlin and who?

5. Arthur's royalty is questioned because people don't believe he is whose son?

Short Essay Questions

1. From where did the story of "Balin and Balan" originate?

2. What discussion do King Mark and Vivien have in the beginning of "Merlin and Vivien"?

3. What is Balin met with at Pellam's castle in "Balin and Balan"?

4. What is Vivien's goal for Merlin in "Merlin and Vivien"? What is her motivation?

5. What is the state of England in "The Coming of Arthur"? Upon whose kingdom is the point of focus?

6. What is the problem that Lynette turns to Arthur for help with?

7. Why does Bellicent instate her condition for Gareth's joining Arthur's court? What is the condition?

8. What justification is there in Vivien's attempts to expose the scandals of the royal palace?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the world view of the Middle Ages differs from that of the Romantic era, as expressed in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the depiction of love in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King." How does his depiction of love and other emotions differ from that of the medieval period?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "humility" in "Idylls of the King." In what stories does this theme stand in the forefront? What symbols reinforce the theme?

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