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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said that ends the debate with Mutability?
(a) Change aids the perfection of nature.
(b) Mutability is to rule forever.
(c) No control exists in change.
(d) There will come a time when change will no longer occur.

2. Why does the brigand not sell Coridon?
(a) He is such a weakling that no one will buy him.
(b) He works so well that the brigands keep him on as their own slave.
(c) He escapes.
(d) One of the brigands has fallen in love with him.

3. Why do Serena and Timias stay with the hermit while the rest travel on?
(a) They are drawn to the simple lifestyle of the hermit.
(b) They are ordered to stay and help the hermit as payment for his kindness.
(c) They are too ill from the bites of the beast.
(d) They are sick with worry for their loves.

4. Who comes to kill the band of brigands?
(a) Coridon.
(b) Calidore.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Calepine.

5. Which of these is NOT one of the women surrounding Amoret?
(a) Modesty.
(b) Courtesy.
(c) Cheerfulness.
(d) Kindness.

6. Who saves Serena from the cannibal savages in the forest?
(a) Calepine.
(b) The Red Cross Knight.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Calidore.

7. What does Calpine feel determines a child's destiny?
(a) God.
(b) His upbringing.
(c) His parentage.
(d) The desires of his heart.

8. What are the names of the two hags who meet Artegall and Talus on the road back home?
(a) Jealousy and Distraction.
(b) Lewdness and Perversion.
(c) Envy and Detraction.
(d) Idleness and Impurity.

9. Who is Pastorella's mother?
(a) Claribell.
(b) Serena.
(c) Gloriana.
(d) Una.

10. What do Artegall and Arthur use to get Malengin to come out of his cave?
(a) A pile of riches.
(b) Samient.
(c) They shout a challenge to him.
(d) Artegall while in his women's clothing from the Amazons.

11. Which one of these is NOT one of the things that the hermit teaches Serena and Timias?
(a) Kindness to all.
(b) Virtuous Living.
(c) Self Control.
(d) Avoidance of Secrets.

12. What does Turpine agree to do if Arthur will spare his life?
(a) Serve as Arthur's servant.
(b) Never mistreat a lady again.
(c) Never call himself a knight again.
(d) Repent of all his evil doings and devote his life to God.

13. What are the names of the three figures who attacked Timias?
(a) Curtly, Hurtly, and Purtly.
(b) Malice, Chagrin, and Need.
(c) Despetto, Decetto, and Defetto.
(d) Envy, Jealousy, and Greed.

14. Who is being wed in the very unique wedding while Florimell is locked up?
(a) The Grass and The Earth.
(b) The Sun and The Moon.
(c) The Song and The Wind.
(d) The Thames River and Medway.

15. What stops Arthur and Enias from killing the two creatures that were mistreating Mirabella?
(a) Mirabell explains that she needs them for her recovery from pride.
(b) They see Timias in the woods and rush to give him aid.
(c) They dissapear in a swirl of black smoke.
(d) Arthur takes pity on their mournful pleas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Calidore to stop his quest for the Blatant Beast?

2. What two things does Calpine leave behind once again?

3. Why is Serena so hard to recognize when she is rescued in the forest?

4. Why is Arthur fighting at Belge's castle alone?

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

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