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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What region remains beyond Charlemagne's grasp?
(a) Milan
(b) Siciliy
(c) Madrid
(d) Saragossa

2. Ganelon recommends that Marsile send "five score thousand" pagans to defeat the troops left behind. How many is "five score thousand?"
(a) 250,000
(b) 100,000
(c) 400,000
(d) 1,000,000

3. What gift does Marsile present to his nephew?
(a) Lance
(b) Gauntlet
(c) Banneret
(d) Mace

4. What does Oliver request from Roland?
(a) More soldiers
(b) Another horse
(c) More weapons
(d) Money

5. What will Marsile be offered if he converts to Christianity?
(a) A place in Charlemagne's royal court
(b) Reprieve from execution
(c) Life in a monastery
(d) Half of Spain

6. Who does Ganelon refer to as a "courteous paladin?"
(a) Roland
(b) Oliver
(c) Basan
(d) Basilie

7. How long has Charlemagne been at war?
(a) 10 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 7 years

8. Who is Aelroth?
(a) Marsile's brother
(b) Marsile's nephew
(c) Oliver's brother
(d) A pagan lookout

9. What is Ganelon to Roland?
(a) Cousin
(b) Stepfather
(c) Uncle
(d) Brother

10. How does Roland repay Grandoine?
(a) Cuts off his head
(b) Chases him out of the valley
(c) Pays him in gold
(d) Has him sent to the gallows

11. In Charlemagne's dream, what item does Ganelon break?
(a) Lance
(b) Ganelon's fald-stool
(c) Pact of loyalty
(d) Goblet

12. What item(s) does Ganelon give to Charlemagne?
(a) Keys to Marsile's palace
(b) 1,000 slaves
(c) Marsile's horse
(d) Bags of gold

13. What city did Marsile's soldier Valdabron take by treason?
(a) Jerusalem
(b) Paris
(c) Rome
(d) Madrid

14. What is Roland's relationship to Charlemagne?
(a) Stableboy
(b) Nephew
(c) Son
(d) Courtier

15. Roland kills how many Saracens with his spear?
(a) 12
(b) 15
(c) 30
(d) 26

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of pelt does Ganelon wear?

2. Turpin reminds the troops to keep what item?

3. Oliver says he would rather die than face what?

4. Which animal was tethered with a leash?

5. What city does Ganelon go to to meet Charlemagne?

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