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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. Where does Meleagant imprison Lancelot?
(a) In a farm in the forest.
(b) In a farm on the inlet of a lake.
(c) In a tower in the forest.
(d) In a tower on the inlet of a lake.

2. What does King Bademagu plead with Queen Guinevere to do?
(a) Convince Lancelot to slay his son.
(b) Convince Lancelot not to slay his son.
(c) Convince Lancelot to stay forever.
(d) Convince Lancelot to leave and never return.

3. What does the dwarf tell Lancelot to do?
(a) Get in the cart.
(b) Put Sir Gawain in the cart.
(c) Put Kay in the cart.
(d) Pull him in the cart.

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

5. What agreement makes Meleagant stop attacking Lancelot?
(a) That he can fight Lancelot in a year.
(b) That he can fight Lancelot in a week at King Arthur's court.
(c) That he can fight Lancelot the next day.
(d) That he can fight Lancelot in a year at King Arthur's court.

Short Answer Questions

1. With Lancelot's arrival to the land of Meleagant, what does King Bademagu attempt to do?

2. Who vows to fight for Lancelot against Meleagant within a year if Lancelot is not found?

3. What request does Kay make?

4. After Lancelot leaves Queen Guinevere's room the next morning, blood from Lancelot's wounded fingers is found on the sheets. Who does Meleagant accuse of having bedded the Queen?

5. What does the lion vow to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly compare and contrast King Bademagu and his son, Meleagant, from The Knight of the Cart.

2. Even though there is a lot of indication of magic and sorcery, what is the only real magic displayed in The Knight of the Cart?

3. What is the irony of Laudine begging Yvain to stay after he defeats the three knights?

4. With Kay insisting upon leaving after the knight issues a challenge, what qualities does he show and how does it affect the Queen in The Knight of the Cart?

5. Why does Yvain go in search of the spring?

6. How is Lunete's identity foreshadowed when Yvain comes across her as a prisoner?

7. What is the story behind the storm stone in The Knight with the Lion?

8. How does Lancelot attempt to regain his pride from his shameful cart ride in The Knight of the Cart?

9. In the beginning of The Knight of the Cart, the knight who appears in the beginning and issues a challenge foreshadows what?

10. What are two ways that Yvain shows his love for Laudine?

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