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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Malbecco refuse to let the knights into his castle and make them sleep in the pig shed on the first night?
(a) He fears that they may hurt him and his family.
(b) He hates all knights because his father was killed by an evil knight.
(c) He does not like to let his wife meet new people.
(d) He was told in a dream that a group of knights would try to kill his wife.

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

3. What are the messages that Britomart finds in the two chambers?
(a) Be Great and Be Not Too Great.
(b) Be Wise and Be Not Too Wise
(c) Be Afraid and Be Not Too Afraid.
(d) Be Bold and Be Not Too Bold.

4. How does Una escape from the lusty Sansloy?
(a) Archimago orders him to stop.
(b) The gentle forest folk hear her cries and come to her aid.
(c) Una finds his sword and injures him.
(d) He sees The Red Cross Knight coming, and runs away in fear.

5. How does The Red Cross Knight rise to battle with the dragon a second day after being tossed aside wounded and almost lifeless after the first long day of battle?
(a) Una brings a member of the House of Holiness to help heal him.
(b) He is strengthened by a dream in which the Faerie Queene shows him the way to victory.
(c) He was only pretending to be lifeless so that the dragon would wear himself out in the battle and reveal his weaknesses.
(d) He lands in the Well of Life, which heals his wounds and gives him more power.

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

7. What does Blandamour suggest the prize for the loser should be in his proposed duel with Braggadochio?
(a) Ate.
(b) The broken spear.
(c) Exilement.
(d) A week of servitude.

8. How did Braggadochio come across his horse?
(a) He stole it from Guyon.
(b) Belphoebe gave it to him as a reward for finding her.
(c) He inherited it from his uncle.
(d) He found it wandering in the woods.

9. Who does Cymoent ask for help in avenging her son's death?
(a) Archimago.
(b) Arthur.
(c) The Red Cross Knight.
(d) Tryphon, ruler of the ocean.

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

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

12. What is Guyon's mission?
(a) To find the House of Holiness and cure his weaknesses.
(b) To avenge the death of his parents.
(c) To gather an army to help fight in the ranks of the Faerie Queene's army.
(d) He is to defeat the evil witch Acrasia.

13. What stops Guyon from killing The Red Cross Knight?
(a) He decides to let the Red Cross Knight live as his slave instead.
(b) He hears a voice tell him to not harm The Red Cross Knight.
(c) He cannot bring himself to strike to Red Cross.
(d) The Red Cross Knight is a better fighter and defends himself well.

14. What happens to Malbecco after being rejected by Hellenore after he finds her in the forest with the Satyrs.
(a) He curses her to never bear children because of her unfaithfulness.
(b) He joins the band of Satyrs hoping to one day win back the affections of Hellenore.
(c) He finds a Satyr that he falls in love with and takes her away from the forest instead.
(d) He returns to his buried treasure to find it gone and slinks away to live out his days in a cave as Jealousy.

15. Why did Phedon kill his best friend and his betrothed?
(a) He killed them by mistake thinking they were his enemies.
(b) His best friend had killed his brother in a duel that his fiancee arranged.
(c) Philemon tricked Phedon into thinking that Claribell had been unfaithful.
(d) Claribel and Philemon tried to kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blandamour claim Snowy Florimell?

2. What causes Una to faint numerous times?

3. Why does Martinell refuse passage to Britomart on the beach?

4. Why is Belphoebe in the woods instead of at court?

5. Why do Britomart and Artegall part after finally finding each other?

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