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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Gawain prevent Lancelot from doing when they see Queen Guinevere captive?
(a) Jumping from the roof.
(b) Jumping out the window.
(c) Running downstairs to the rescue.
(d) Killing the dwarf who kidnaps her.

2. Where does Meleagant imprison Lancelot?
(a) In a farm in the forest.
(b) In a tower in the forest.
(c) In a tower on the inlet of a lake.
(d) In a farm on the inlet of a lake.

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

4. What does King Bademagu plead with Queen Guinevere to do?
(a) Convince Lancelot to stay forever.
(b) Convince Lancelot to slay his son.
(c) Convince Lancelot not to slay his son.
(d) Convince Lancelot to leave and never return.

5. After Yvain is restored to health, where does he return to?
(a) King Arthur's court.
(b) Lord Blackthorn's lands.
(c) The strom spring.
(d) The Town of Dire Adventure.

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

7. 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?
(a) Runs into the woods and lives like a madman.
(b) Rushes back home and argues with his wife for giving him such foolish terms.
(c) Runs into the woods and tries to find his wife.
(d) Rushes back home and pleads forgiveness.

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

9. What does Lunete's advice to Laudine tell us about her character?
(a) She is devious.
(b) She is cunning.
(c) She is malicious.
(d) She is friendly.

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

11. What happens to Lancelot at midnight when he sleeps in the reserved bed?
(a) A bow hurtles at him.
(b) A lance hurtles at him.
(c) A sword hurtles at him.
(d) An axe hurtles at him.

12. With Lancelot's arrival to the land of Meleagant, what does King Bademagu attempt to do?
(a) Initiate peace.
(b) Challenge him.
(c) Marry Queen Guinevere.
(d) Start war.

13. What agreement makes Meleagant stop attacking Lancelot?
(a) That he can fight Lancelot in a year at King Arthur's court.
(b) That he can fight Lancelot the next day.
(c) That he can fight Lancelot in a week at King Arthur's court.
(d) That he can fight Lancelot in a year.

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

15. By carrying the lion on his shield, what does Yvain show?
(a) His friendship with the lion.
(b) His love for the lion.
(c) His honor for the lion.
(d) His disgust for the lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Knight of the Cart, where does King Arthur hold court?

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

3. In the beginning of The Knight with the Lion, to whom is the queen speaking when she says, "You are malicious and ill bred to quarrel with your companions"?

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

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

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