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

2. Cliges begins by mentioning the Emperor of which lands?
(a) Greece and Constantinople.
(b) England and Greece.
(c) Rome and Greece.
(d) Constantinople and Babylon.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At King Arthur's court, what is the color of armor that Cliges wears on the third day of the tournament?

2. Who is the first to discover that Alexander and Soredamour are attracted to one another?

3. Who says "Love is worse than Hate because he wounds and destroys his devotee"?

4. Who is the second son of the Emperor?

5. It is discovered that the maiden sitting on the bed is who?

Short Essay Questions

1. in Cliges, why does Alexander not want to become a knight in Greece?

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

3. What is the meaning of the hunt for the white stag in Erec and Enide?

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

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

6. What happens after Erec faints after his fight with the giants in Erec and Enide? What does Enide think, and what happens to her?

7. In Cliges, what is the irony behind the golden hairs stitched into the shirt that Alexander receives from the Queen?

8. What advice of his father's does Cliges follow?

9. Why do Erec and Enide leave King Arthur's court?

10. When and why is Alexander knighted, in Cliges?

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