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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Canto 12 | Book 6, Canto 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What leads Belphoebe back to Timias?
(a) A stag.
(b) A voice in her dreams telling her where to go.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A turtle dove.

2. What was Aemylia doing when she was captured by The Hairy Carl?
(a) Looking for berries.
(b) Following a ray of light that led her to the woods and then disappeared.
(c) Running from a group of lusty men.
(d) Meeting her lover in the woods for a tryst.

3. What does Maleffort do to knights and ladies that he captures?
(a) Curses them with impotence and infertility.
(b) Mocks them until they lose all confidence.
(c) Shaves and shears them.
(d) Gouges out their eyes.

4. How does Arthur finally defeat Maleger after he revives himself from death numerous times?
(a) He tells his army that he is planning to kill them and they help to kill him.
(b) He uses a spell he found in a book that makes him a mere mortal.
(c) He chops off his head and then burns it so that his degenerative powers can't take hold.
(d) He hold him in the air as he dies so that the earth from which he was made will not restore him.

5. How is Acrasia captured?
(a) Arthur casts a spell over everyone in her household.
(b) Guyon and the Palmer throw a net over her while she is in bed with her lover.
(c) Guyon and the Palmer set her horde of beasts on her.
(d) Fearing for his own life, her lover helps Guyon and the Palmer to tie her up while she is sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wounds Amoret in the woods?

2. How does Arthur bribe his way into the castle?

3. What surprise is revealed to Poeana?

4. What does Artegall demand if he wins the battle with Grantoro?

5. How does Artegall get through the mob on the beach on his way to Grantoro?

(see the answer key)

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