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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the second fight between Guivret and Erec stopped?
(a) Erec surrenders to Guivret.
(b) Enide shouts at Guivret to not hurt Erec anymore.
(c) Guivret surrenders to Erec.
(d) Enide tells Erec to stop fighting and he listens.

2. At King Arthur's court, what is the color of armor that Cliges wears on the fourth day of the tournament?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

3. On which holiday does the tale Erec and Enide start off?
(a) Saturnalia.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) Easter Day.
(d) Hannukah.

4. What does Erec decide to do with the daughter of the vavasor?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Take her back to court to marry the king.
(d) Leave her in poverty.

5. What happens to the doctors who beat and torture Fenice?
(a) Cliges slays them.
(b) The court ladies toss them out the window.
(c) Alis slays them.
(d) Thessala poisons them.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does King Arthur trust the governing of England during his leave?

2. How does Thessala convince doctors that Fenice is incurably ill?

3. Who kidnaps Fenice?

4. What have the giants done that causes Erec to go in pursuit of them?

5. Who is Thessala?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is an example of nurse Thessala's cunning in Cliges?

2. Discuss the treatment towards Erec by the King when they meet again en route, in Erec and Enide.

3. The story of Empress Fenice has had what consequences on future royalty, and why in Cliges?

4. How does Fenice allude to Tristan and Isolde in Cliges?

5. What is the sparrowhawk contest in Erec and Enide?

6. What is the irony behind Alis' choosing of John to build Fenice's tomb in Cliges?

7. Give a brief description of the knight, Erec, from Erec and Enide.

8. Why does Erec chase after the knight, the maiden, and the dwarf in Erec and Enide?

9. How does Guivret prove his friendship towards Erec after being told Erec is dead, in Erec and Enide?

10. In Cliges, Alexander and Alis make a pact. What is this pact, and what does the agreement of the pact say about Alis' character?

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