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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which holiday does the tale Erec and Enide start off?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) Easter Day.
(c) Hannukah.
(d) Saturnalia.

2. What is Soredamour's position?
(a) Alexander's wife.
(b) King Arthur's maiden.
(c) Queen's maiden.
(d) Sir Gawain's wife.

3. Where does King Arthur decide to cross over to?
(a) Britain.
(b) Greece.
(c) Brittany.
(d) Cronwall.

4. Who does Alexander want to serve?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) The Duke of Saxony.

5. To whom does King Arthur trust the governing of England during his leave?
(a) Alis.
(b) Count Angre.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Queen Guinevere.

6. After leaving King Arthur a second time, who do Erec and Enide come across and why is she distressed?
(a) A knight who is crying because his lover has been slain.
(b) A maiden who is crying because her lover has been kidnapped.
(c) A maiden who is crying because her lover has been slain.
(d) A knight who is crying because his lover has been kidnapped.

7. How is Alis deceived into thinking he has possessed Fenice?
(a) Thessala gives him a potion.
(b) Fenice gives him a potion.
(c) Fenice has one of her ladies-in-waiting pose as her.
(d) Thessala poses as Fenice.

8. Why does Enide break her promise to Erec as they are traveling?
(a) She is bored and needs a distraction.
(b) She does not break her promise.
(c) She no longer loves Erec and wants to break the marriage.
(d) She sees men approaching Erec for a fight and warns him.

9. What challenge does Alis try to dissuade Cliges from accepting?
(a) Battling Alis himself.
(b) Battling the Duke of Saxony.
(c) Battling the Duke of Saxony's nephew.
(d) Battling the German Emperor.

10. What is the first glory of Alexander's knighthood?
(a) Pleding loyalty to King Arthur.
(b) Presenting the Queen with his prisoners.
(c) Preventing the traitor from killing King Arthur.
(d) Marrying Soredamour.

11. At King Arthur's court, what is the color of armor that Cliges wears on the third day of the tournament?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

12. What is Erec's status in life?
(a) Son of a knight.
(b) Son of a vassal.
(c) Son of a peasant.
(d) Son of a king.

13. Who does Queen Guinevere send second to discover the identity of the maiden who rides with a knight and a dwarf?
(a) Her maid-in-waiting.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) Erec.
(d) Sir Gawain.

14. Who says "Be certain, had I not loved you, I would never have undertaken this"?
(a) Enide.
(b) Guivret.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) Erec.

15. What custom does King Arthur wish to revive?
(a) The quest for the golden fleece.
(b) The hunt for the golden stag.
(c) The hunt for the white stag.
(d) The quest for the sword in the stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the three joys and honors Alexander receives?

2. Who is the first person Erec encounters on his journey for the Joy of the Court?

3. What does Erec give as his reason for accompanying the party who has set out to find the white stag?

4. Whom does Erec befriend after a fight?

5. After fighting the giants, what happens to Erec once he has returned to Enide?

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