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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. Under what conditions must Yvain fight the demon brothers?
(a) He cannot use a sword.
(b) He cannot use a shield.
(c) The lion must help him.
(d) The lion must be locked away.

2. Who does Yvain save the lion from?
(a) Three knights.
(b) Kay.
(c) Giants.
(d) A dragon.

3. Who sets off to find Lancelot?
(a) Queen Guinevere.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) A nameless knight.
(d) One of the King's daughters.

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?
(a) Kay.
(b) King Bademagu.
(c) Lancelot.
(d) Sir Gawain.

5. What does the lion prepare to do when he thinks Yvain is dead?
(a) Eat Yvain.
(b) Take Yvain's body back to Laudine.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King Bademagu plead with Queen Guinevere to do?

2. What does Sir Gawain find upon following Kay?

3. What does the dwarf tell Lancelot to do?

4. Who is ashamed that he could not defeat Meleagant?

5. Why do the maidens of King Arthur's court plan a tournament?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In The Knight of the Cart, why does the girl who offers lodging to Lancelot try to keep him from seeing the comb?

3. What indicates Yvain's fame?

4. What shame follows Lancelot throughout his adventures in The Knight of the Cart?

5. What is the dispute between the two daughters of the Lord of Blackthorn?

6. Why does Lunete offer to help Yvain escape when he is trapped?

7. What does Lancelot's ability to lift the stone slab in the church's cemetery in The Knight of the Cart foreshadow?

8. Describe what can be understood of Calogrenant and Kay's characters when they see the Queen in The Knight with the Lion.

9. What actions of Lancelot's in The Knight of the Cart are considered shameful, and why?

10. What is the irony of King Bademagu keeping the Queen safely confined in The Knight of the Cart?

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