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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one of the beds reserved for in the lodging that Sir Gawain and Lancelot come to?
(a) For someone who has slain a giant.
(b) For a king.
(c) For someone who has earned the privilege.
(d) For a woman.

2. In The Knight of the Cart, where does King Arthur hold court?
(a) England.
(b) Brittany.
(c) Britain.
(d) Camelot.

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

4. 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 return in one year or less or forifeit his wife's love.
(c) He must return in less than one year or forfeit his wife's love.
(d) He must win the tournament or forget about coming home.

5. Who decides to avenge Calogrenant?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) Kay.
(c) Lancelot.
(d) Yvain.

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

7. Upon hearing the rumor of Lancelot's death, which of the following is NOT among what ruins Queen Guinevere's beauty?
(a) Grief.
(b) Fasting for two days.
(c) Fever.
(d) Vigils.

8. What is said to happen if a man can lift the slab in the church's cemetery unaided?
(a) All the gold underneath will belong to him.
(b) All the foreign prisoners will go free.
(c) He will be granted safe passage on his quest.
(d) All the spirits of the cemetery will be free.

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

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

11. How is Lancelot found by his savior?
(a) His savior heard his lamentations.
(b) His savior followed Meleagant to the hidden location.
(c) His savior beat it out of Meleagant.
(d) His savior found him by accident.

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

13. Under what conditions must Yvain fight the demon brothers?
(a) The lion must help him.
(b) He cannot use a sword.
(c) The lion must be locked away.
(d) He cannot use a shield.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Meleagant imprison Lancelot?

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. Who tells the story of finding an ugly peasant and a knight appearing after a storm?

4. When Yvain enters a strongly fortified town, who do he and the lion end up fighting?

5. Who is the first to decide to leave court in The Knight of the Cart?

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