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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kay fight Erec even though they know each other?
(a) Kay is testing Erec.
(b) Kay wants Enide for himself.
(c) Kay does not recognize Erec.
(d) Kay detests Erec for leaving.

2. Who is Fenice?
(a) King Arthur's niece.
(b) The Greek Emperor's daughter.
(c) The German Emperor's daughter.
(d) Queen Guinevere's lady-in-waiting.

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

4. What suggestion does Fenice make to Cliges to escape from Alis?
(a) She should fake her death.
(b) She should fake his death.
(c) She should kill Alis.
(d) She should elope.

5. Who says "The lady is mine, and I am hers. I shall do with her what I wish," and to whom is he referring?
(a) The count who marries Enide about Enide.
(b) Guivret the Small about Enide.
(c) King Arthur about Enide.
(d) Erec about Enide.

6. What object is described in great detail as having been made by fairies?
(a) The crown.
(b) The sceptor.
(c) Enide's gown.
(d) Erec's robe.

7. Which of the following is NOT one of the three joys and honors Alexander receives?
(a) The finest kingdom of Wales.
(b) The castle he captured.
(c) The crown of the Greek empire.
(d) Marriage to his beloved.

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

9. Who is the second son of the Emperor?
(a) Tantalis.
(b) Cliges.
(c) Alis.
(d) Alexander.

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What contest does Erec participate in?

2. Who is the first to discover that Alexander and Soredamour are attracted to one another?

3. On which holiday does the tale Erec and Enide start off?

4. What does Erec decide to do with the daughter of the vavasor?

5. Which of the following three people do NOT want to marry Fenice?

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