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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is discovered to happen to any man who goes in search of the Joy of the Court?
(a) They meet with death upon returning.
(b) They return with treasure.
(c) Nothing. They come back normal.
(d) They never return.

2. Who discovers Fenice and Cliges together?
(a) Bertrand.
(b) John.
(c) Alis.
(d) Thessala.

3. What happens to Enide once Erec has returned to her after slaying the giants?
(a) She continues the journey with Erec.
(b) She heals Erec's wounds and rests.
(c) She goes to console the young maiden whose lover was taken.
(d) She is forced into marriage with a count.

4. To which two historical figures is King Arthur compared?
(a) Alexander the Great and Ramses I.
(b) Ramses I and Genghis Khan.
(c) Genghis Khan and Julius Caeser.
(d) Alexander the Great and Julius Caeser.

5. Where does Alexander want to travel to?
(a) Britain.
(b) Greece.
(c) Germany.
(d) Babylon.

6. Where does Cliges take Fenice's "dead" body?
(a) To England.
(b) The castle.
(c) To Germany.
(d) The tower.

7. Who captures the white stag?
(a) King Yder.
(b) Erec.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) Sir Gawain.

8. When Cliges finally reveals his identity to Sir Gawain and King Arthur, what do they do?
(a) Banish him.
(b) Embrace him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Nothing.

9. How does Alis break his oath to his brother?
(a) By not giving up the throne to Cliges.
(b) By giving up the throne to Cliges.
(c) By deciding to take a wife.
(d) By retaining the crown.

10. What have the giants done that causes Erec to go in pursuit of them?
(a) They burned a village.
(b) They murdered children.
(c) They kidnapped a knight.
(d) They ate a knight.

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

12. Upon whom does the King bestow the kiss of the white stag?
(a) The queen.
(b) His daughter.
(c) Morgan.
(d) Erec's maiden.

13. Whom does Erec befriend after a fight?
(a) The count.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) Kay.
(d) Guivret the Small.

14. Who says "Never do I seek to be free from Love so as not to devote myself always to his service"?
(a) Alexander.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) Queen Guinevere.
(d) Soredamour.

15. Who is Thessala?
(a) Alis' wife.
(b) Duke of Saxony's wife.
(c) Fenice's nurse.
(d) Cliges' nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "Be certain, had I not loved you, I would never have undertaken this"?

2. What custom does King Arthur wish to revive?

3. Who does Queen Guinevere send first to discover the identity of the maiden who rides with a knight and a dwarf?

4. At King Arthur's court, what is the color of armor that Cliges wears on the third day of the tournament?

5. What is Soredamour's position?

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