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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 object does the girl try to keep Lancelot from seeing?
2. What does Lunete's advice to Laudine tell us about her character?
3. When Yvain enters a strongly fortified town, who do he and the lion end up fighting?
4. What does King Bademagu plead with Queen Guinevere to do?
5. With Lancelot's arrival to the land of Meleagant, what does King Bademagu attempt to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What actions of Lancelot's in The Knight of the Cart are considered shameful, and why?
2. What indicates Yvain's fame?
3. 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?
4. In The Knight of the Cart, why does the girl who offers lodging to Lancelot try to keep him from seeing the comb?
5. 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?
6. What does Lancelot's ability to lift the stone slab in the church's cemetery in The Knight of the Cart foreshadow?
7. In the beginning of The Knight of the Cart, the knight who appears in the beginning and issues a challenge foreshadows what?
8. What is the irony of Laudine begging Yvain to stay after he defeats the three knights?
9. What does Lunete give to Yvain, and why?
10. What is the story behind the storm stone in The Knight with the Lion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
All of the Arthurian Romances are told by a narrator. What sort of narrator is he? What kind of view (omniscient, limited, first person) does he have? What sort of voice does he have? Why is the narrator's voice so important to the telling of the tales? Is this narrator effective in doing his job? Who might the narrator be? Use specific examples to support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Although called Arthurian Romances, King Arthur himself plays a very minor role in the stories, as does Queen Guinevere. Discuss their appearances in the five tales and how they differ or are the same. Analyze each character and their relationships with one another.
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