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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contest does Erec participate in?

2. How is Alis deceived into thinking he has possessed Fenice?

3. Who does Queen Guinevere send second to discover the identity of the maiden who rides with a knight and a dwarf?

4. To whom does King Arthur trust the governing of England during his leave?

5. Who says "Be certain, had I not loved you, I would never have undertaken this"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. How does Enide convince the count who wants to marry her to not kill Erec after he implores her to leave him?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is courtly love? Is it similar to the concept of love today? Why or why not? What are guidelines for a relationship to fall under the category of courtly love? What did it mean historically? What does it mean in the Arthurian Romances? What are the examples of courtly love in the stories, and how do you know? What are the similarities and what are the differences between the different love stories? Do they all follow a similar path? Use specific examples to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Choose any two of the five stories to compare and contrast. You can narrow it down to comparing and contrasting a particular element or certain concepts in the stories. Use specific examples to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

How does religion play a role in the Arthurian Romances? What religious views were shared in medieval times? How is religion depicted in the tales? Use specific examples from each story.

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