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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. Which of the following three people do NOT want to marry Fenice?
(a) Alis.
(b) Duke of Saxony.
(c) Duke of Saxony's nephew.
(d) Cliges.

2. Who is the first son of the Emperor?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Alis.
(c) Cliges.
(d) Tantalis.

3. How is Alis deceived into thinking he has possessed Fenice?
(a) Fenice gives him a potion.
(b) Fenice has one of her ladies-in-waiting pose as her.
(c) Thessala gives him a potion.
(d) Thessala poses as Fenice.

4. Who is the first person Erec encounters on his journey for the Joy of the Court?
(a) King Evrain.
(b) A beast.
(c) A handsome and tall knight.
(d) An attractive maiden sitting on a bed.

5. How does Alis break his oath to his brother?
(a) By retaining the crown.
(b) By deciding to take a wife.
(c) By not giving up the throne to Cliges.
(d) By giving up the throne to Cliges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contest does Erec participate in?

2. On which holiday does the tale Erec and Enide start off?

3. How is the second fight between Guivret and Erec stopped?

4. What is Erec's status in life?

5. Where does Alexander want to travel to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe Erec's robe of watered silk in Erec and Enide.

2. Describe the garden Erec is shown by King Evrain in Erec and Enide.

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

4. In Cliges, what does the fading of the golden thread and retention of Soredamor's golden hair in Alexander's shirt sleeve symbolize and foreshadow?

5. What does Erec discover is the Joy of the Court and how does he discover it in Erec and Enide?

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

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

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

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

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

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