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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the first fight, who does Yvain fight next?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) A wealthy man's sons.
(c) Three knights.
(d) Hairpin of the Mountain.

2. How does Lancelot join the Queen in her room?
(a) By unlocking her door and sneaking in.
(b) By sneaking in through the open window.
(c) By bending the bars at her window.
(d) By convincing her to unlock her door and let him in.

3. What town does Yvain travel to?
(a) The Dire Town.
(b) The Town of Dire Adventure.
(c) The Town of Adventure.
(d) The Dire Adventure Town.

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

5. What is Queen Guinevere's reception of Lancelot when they are finally allowed to meet?
(a) She is tearful and embraces him.
(b) She is tearful and goes to her room to hide her tears.
(c) She refuses to talk to him and goes to her room.
(d) She refuses to talk, but embraces him.

6. What must Lancelot agree to for lodgings that is provided by the knight's maiden?
(a) To kill her.
(b) To lay with her.
(c) To kiss her.
(d) To marry her.

7. 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.

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

9. What does the lion vow to do?
(a) Kill the next dragon who attacks him.
(b) Serve and protect Yvain.
(c) Kill Yvain for helping him.
(d) Nothing.

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

11. What are the two ways that lead to the land of Meleagant?
(a) Stone Passage and Sword Passage.
(b) Underwater Bridge and Sword Bridge.
(c) Underwater Bridge and Sword Passage.
(d) Underwater Bridge and Stone Passage.

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

13. In the midst of searching for Lancelot, why do Sir Gawain, Kay, and the other knights return to King Arthur's court?
(a) Queen Guinevere pleads with them to return her to her husband.
(b) They recieve a letter stating that Lancelot has returned himself.
(c) They receive a letter stating that Lancelot is dead.
(d) They are summoned by King Arthur to return.

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

15. When Yvain enters a strongly fortified town, who do he and the lion end up fighting?
(a) A wealthy man's sons.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) Two giants.
(d) Hairpin of the Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yvain save the lion from?

2. 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"?

3. What does the person from Question #112 give Yvain to prevent him from being seen?

4. What does Lancelot ask the dwarf?

5. What does Laudine's agreement to take Lunete's advice show us?

(see the answer keys)

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