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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 slain.
(c) A knight who is crying because his lover has been kidnapped.
(d) A maiden who is crying because her lover has been kidnapped.

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

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

4. What happens to the doctors who beat and torture Fenice?
(a) Alis slays them.
(b) The court ladies toss them out the window.
(c) Thessala poisons them.
(d) Cliges slays them.

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

6. Which of the following three people do NOT want to marry Fenice?
(a) Duke of Saxony's nephew.
(b) Alis.
(c) Duke of Saxony.
(d) Cliges.

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

8. What must Erec do to discover the Joy of the Court?
(a) Kiss the attractive maiden.
(b) Fight King Evrain.
(c) Slay the beast.
(d) Fight the tall knight.

9. What does Erec decide to do with the daughter of the vavasor?
(a) Take her back to court to marry the king.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Leave her in poverty.

10. After fighting the giants, what happens to Erec once he has returned to Enide?
(a) He faints.
(b) He becomes ill.
(c) He dies.
(d) He continues his journey.

11. Cliges begins by mentioning the Emperor of which lands?
(a) Greece and Constantinople.
(b) Rome and Greece.
(c) England and Greece.
(d) Constantinople and Babylon.

12. What causes Alexander to return home to Greece?
(a) The news of his brother's death, meaning he has to be emperor.
(b) The news of his father's death and his brother becoming emperor.
(c) The news of his mother's death and his brother becoming emperor.
(d) The news of his father and brother's death, meaning he has to be emperor.

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

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

15. What is at the end of a row of stakes?
(a) A horn.
(b) A head with a helmet.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A uncovered head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What request does Alexander make of the King?

2. Who says "Never do I seek to be free from Love so as not to devote myself always to his service"?

3. Who says "Eyes, you have betrayed me. My heart was once loyal to me. You made it hate me", and why?

4. Who is Thessala?

5. Who says "Love is worse than Hate because he wounds and destroys his devotee"?

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