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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the person from Question #112 give Yvain to prevent him from being seen?
(a) A magic ring.
(b) A magic pendant.
(c) A magic bracelet.
(d) A magic cloak.

2. What does Laudine's agreement to take Lunete's advice show us?
(a) Her innocence.
(b) Her intellect.
(c) Her cunning.
(d) Her stupidity.

3. Who is the prisoner that Yvain and the lion come across?
(a) Kay.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) Laudine.
(d) Lunete.

4. Why do the maidens of King Arthur's court plan a tournament?
(a) To find husbands.
(b) For entertainment.
(c) To find and declare the best knight.
(d) For sport.

5. Who does Yvain fight in King Arthur's presence?
(a) Kay.
(b) Erec.
(c) Lancelot.
(d) Sir Gawain.

6. What is the quickest way to Meleagant's lands?
(a) Stone Bridge.
(b) Stone Passage.
(c) Sword Passage.
(d) Sword Bridge.

7. Who finally takes vengeance upon Meleagant for all of his mischief?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Lancelot.
(c) Sir Gawain.
(d) Kay.

8. After the tournament, where does Lancelot return to?
(a) His prison.
(b) King Arthur's court.
(c) His homeland.
(d) Meleagant's lands.

9. When the Lord of Blackthorn dies, what happens?
(a) Yvain inherits the lands.
(b) His younger daughter seizes control.
(c) His older daughter seizes control.
(d) His son seizes control.

10. Who do Lancelot and other knights set out to search for after his fight with Meleagant has ended?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) Kay.
(d) Queen Guinevere.

11. From where is Queen Guinevere watching the fight between Lancelot and Meleagant?
(a) The farm.
(b) Nowhere. She is not allowed to watch.
(c) The prison.
(d) The tower.

12. How does the lion demonstrate loyalty once more?
(a) He listens exactly to what Yvain says.
(b) He helps heal Yvain.
(c) He fights Sir Gawain.
(d) He chews his way out of the room to assist Yvain.

13. Who is ashamed that he could not defeat Meleagant?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) Kay.
(c) Lancelot.
(d) King Bademagu.

14. When the lion joins in Yvain's fight, what quality does he demonstrate?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Fierceness.
(c) Strength.
(d) Honesty.

15. What are the terms Yvain must agree to in order to be allowed to leave to attend King Arthur's tournaments?
(a) He must slay a giant before he returns or forfeit his wife's love.
(b) He must win the tournament or forget about coming home.
(c) He must return in less than one year or forfeit his wife's love.
(d) He must return in one year or less or forifeit his wife's love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose assistance does the older daughter of the Lord of Blackthorn gain?

2. Who does Yvain save the lion from?

3. One year passes and Yvain has broken his promise. A damsel arrives and tells Yvain he has lost his wife's love. What does Yvain do immediately after?

4. What does the lion prepare to do when he thinks Yvain is dead?

5. What object does the girl try to keep Lancelot from seeing?

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