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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who offers to help Yvain escape after he is trapped?
(a) Lunete.
(b) Laudine.
(c) Calogrenant.
(d) Sir Gawain.

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

4. While fighting in the tournament in disguise, why does Lancelot flee from blows and avoid battle?
(a) Because he is not a very good fighter.
(b) Because the Queen told him to "do your worst."
(c) Because he wishes to meet death in battle.
(d) Because the Queen told him to "do your best."

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

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

7. When Laudine refuses to perjure herself, what does this demonstrate?
(a) Her guile.
(b) Her wit and intellect.
(c) Her love and devotion.
(d) Her honor and pride.

8. Who goes with Yvain when he leaves?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) The lion.
(c) Lunete.
(d) Laudine.

9. 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) That he lay with her.
(c) The defeated knight's hand in marriage.
(d) His agreement to marry her.

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

11. What request does Kay make?
(a) He wishes to marry the king's daughter.
(b) He wishes to be knighted.
(c) He wishes to answer the knight's challenge.
(d) He wishes to join Lancelot.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yvain fight in King Arthur's presence?

2. What must Lancelot agree to for lodgings that is provided by the knight's maiden?

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. Upon hearing the rumor of Lancelot's death, which of the following is NOT among what ruins Queen Guinevere's beauty?

5. Whose assistance does the younger daughter seek?

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