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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people of town warn Yvain that great shame awaits. This foreshadows what?
(a) His defeat by the demon-spawn brothers.
(b) Defeat by Sir Gawain.
(c) Betrayal by the lion.
(d) The adventure with two demon-spawn brothers.

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

3. Who does Yvain fall in love with and marry?
(a) Laudine.
(b) Lunete.
(c) The Lady of the Lake.
(d) Guinevere.

4. What does Lunete advise Laudine to do?
(a) To marry Sir Gawain.
(b) To forget about Yvain.
(c) To find someone to defend the spring.
(d) To chase Yvain and marry him.

5. Who begs Yvain, In disguise, to stay after he and his lion battle?
(a) Morgan.
(b) Lunete.
(c) Laudine.
(d) Guinevere.

6. What does the maiden want who approaches Lancelot, after his fight with the proud knight who challenged him?
(a) The defeated knight's head.
(b) His agreement to marry her.
(c) The defeated knight's hand in marriage.
(d) That he lay with her.

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

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

9. When does everyone realize that Yvain is actually The Knight with the Lion?
(a) When the lion dies.
(b) When Yvain leaves.
(c) When the lion roars.
(d) When the lion appears.

10. How is the problem of inheritance between the two sisters resolved?
(a) King Arthur insists the younger sister give the older one her rightful share.
(b) King Arthur insists the younger sister forget about the land.
(c) King Arthur insists the older sister give the younger one her rightful share.
(d) King Arthur insists they split the lands in half.

11. What does the lion prepare to do when he thinks Yvain is dead?
(a) Take Yvain's body back to Laudine.
(b) Run away.
(c) Eat Yvain.
(d) Kill himself.

12. Whose assistance does the younger daughter seek?
(a) Yvain.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) The lion.
(d) King Arthur.

13. Whose assistance does the older daughter of the Lord of Blackthorn gain?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) Yvain.
(d) The lion.

14. Why does the girl try to keep Lancelot from seeing the object she finds?
(a) Because it belongs to the Queen.
(b) Because it belongs to Meleagant.
(c) Because it belongs to her knight.
(d) Because it belongs to King Arthur.

15. Who is the first to decide to leave court in The Knight of the Cart?
(a) Gawain.
(b) Lancelot.
(c) Kay.
(d) Arthur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What agreement makes Meleagant stop attacking Lancelot?

2. What is said to happen if a man can lift the slab in the church's cemetery unaided?

3. What is Queen Guinevere's reception of Lancelot when they are finally allowed to meet?

4. Who sets off to find Lancelot?

5. Where does Meleagant imprison Lancelot?

(see the answer keys)

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