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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 request does Alexander make of the King?
(a) To leave his army.
(b) To marry Soredamour.
(c) To be knighted.
(d) To build his own army.

2. What adventures does Erec decide to undertake after hearing of it from Guivret?
(a) The Contest of the Sparrowhawk.
(b) The Joy of the Court.
(c) The Hunt of the White Stag.
(d) The Slaying of the Giants.

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

4. Who does Queen Guinevere send second to discover the identity of the maiden who rides with a knight and a dwarf?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) Erec.
(c) Her maid-in-waiting.
(d) King Arthur.

5. After the Joy has ended, what does Erec decide to do?
(a) Continue on his journey.
(b) Seek out another adventure.
(c) Stay with King Evrain.
(d) Go back to King Arthur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers Fenice and Cliges together?

2. To which two historical figures is King Arthur compared?

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

4. After leaving King Arthur a second time, who do Erec and Enide come across and why is she distressed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What foreshadows the eventual discovery of the two secret lovers in Cliges?

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

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

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

6. Briefly describe the initial attraction and relationship between Alexander and Soredamour, in Cliges.

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

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

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

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

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