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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Una to run away alone once again?
(a) She sees Sansloy and fears that he may attempt to ravish her again.
(b) She hears that The Red Cross Knight is near and runs to find him.
(c) Archimago leads her away while disguised as another of the gentle forest people.
(d) Her new protector Satyrane is fighting a long and arduous battle with Sansloy.

2. Why does Cymochles fight Guymon?
(a) He believes that Guymon left his brother to die at the hands of Occasion.
(b) He wants to win the love of Phaedra.
(c) He likes a good fight and would have fought with anyone who crossed his path.
(d) He believes Guymon to be Archimago in disguise.

3. Who kills Pyrochles and Cymochles while Guyon is sleeping?
(a) The Angel.
(b) They kill each other by fighting over who gets to kill Guyon.
(c) The Palmer.
(d) Arthur.

4. Who is the messenger who delivers the engagement-breaking news?
(a) Duessa.
(b) Archimago in disguise.
(c) Una.
(d) The Dwarf.

5. What causes Malecasta to faint?
(a) Finding that her beloved knight, Britomart, is a woman.
(b) Hearing that The Red Cross Knight will not take pleasure in her because of his love for Una.
(c) Seeing four of her six knights hewn down by The Red Cross Knight.
(d) Seeing The Red Cross Knight and Britomart together.

6. Who comes on the scene as Paridell's new love interest?
(a) Duessa.
(b) Una.
(c) Archimago in disguise.
(d) Belphoebe.

7. Who ended the battle between Triamond and Campbell with her pleading?
(a) Belphoebe.
(b) Florimell.
(c) Cambina.
(d) Canacee.

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

9. How is Orgoglio finally defeated?
(a) Arthur reveals an extremely bright shield and conquers him.
(b) Duessa betrays him and stabs him from behind.
(c) The Red Cross Knight pretends to be dead, and then vanquishes Orgoglio when he turns away in vain triumph.
(d) Sansloy defeats him thinking that it might be Archimago in disguise.

10. What does the beast do when he fails to capture and kill Florimell after she jumps into the fisherman's boat?
(a) He goes back to the witch's son and eats him.
(b) He tries to swim after her and drowns.
(c) He eats her horse.
(d) He tears himself apart in shame.

11. Who is the brother of Pyrochles?
(a) The brother of Archimago.
(b) The King of the Land.
(c) The father of Furor.
(d) The lover of Acrasia.

12. How does Blandamour claim Snowy Florimell?
(a) He runs away with her in the knight.
(b) He challenges Ferraugh to a duel and wins.
(c) He saves her life.
(d) He unhorses Ferraugh without warning.

13. Who does Una come across in her distress that gives her hope?
(a) Archimago disguised as The Red Cross Knight.
(b) Duessa.
(c) The Red Cross Knight.
(d) Arthur

14. Why is Belphoebe in the woods instead of at court?
(a) She is hiding from someone.
(b) She was abandoned there by her parents.
(c) She got lost on her journey and is trying to find her way home.
(d) She prefers wild places to the softness of the court.

15. Who does Britomart defeat without recognizing?
(a) Artegall.
(b) The Red Cross Knight.
(c) Blandamour.
(d) Braggadochio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening when Britomart finds Amoret?

2. What is Una leading along with her on this journey?

3. What is Guyon's mission?

4. What gives The Red Cross Knight the courage he needs to slay Error when he is almost defeated?

5. In what mysterious way was Belphoebe's mother impregnated with her and her twin sister?

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