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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who do Arthur and Artegall find sentenced to death when they reach Mercilla's castle?
(a) Duessa.
(b) Archimago.
(c) Sansloy.
(d) The Red Cross Knight.

3. What does Artegall demand if he wins the battle with Grantoro?
(a) That Eirena be placed back on her throne.
(b) A chest full of riches.
(c) Safe passage back to Britomart's kingdom.
(d) Eirena's hand in marriage.

4. Who is the main competition for Pastorella's love?
(a) Calepine.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Coridon.
(d) Artegall.

5. What is Artegall's argument for the Giant trying to fairly distribute landmarks and wealth?
(a) No one person can do it all alone.
(b) The giant would try to give more to himself and his kin.
(c) It would disrupt God's natrual balance.
(d) The beauty of the earth would be destroyed in the configuration.

6. Why does Adicia let Artegall into the castle?
(a) She is attracted to his beauty and wishes to seduce him.
(b) He is wearing the armor of one of the knights he killed.
(c) He knows the password, so she assumes he is a friend.
(d) He breaks down the door, and she has no choice.

7. What are the names of the two creatures mistreating Mirabella?
(a) Disdain and Scorn.
(b) Temptation and Impurity.
(c) Crass and Crude.
(d) Envy and Jealousy.

8. Why is Priscilla crying when Calidore come across her in the road?
(a) Her knight has been sorely wounded.
(b) She is lost and alone and fears for her life.
(c) Her knight has deserted her.
(d) Her knight has been mistreating her.

9. Why do the brigands not sell Patronella with the rest of her people?
(a) Nobody wants to pay such a high price for a slave.
(b) The leader has fallen in love with her.
(c) She has no real abilities.
(d) She runs away before they can sell her.

10. How is Souldon killed?
(a) Arthur fights him and cuts off his head--the only way he can be killed.
(b) He is betrayed by one of his own men.
(c) Adicia kills him because she wants to be with Artegall.
(d) His chariot flips over and he is mangled.

11. Who injures Calepine?
(a) Calidore.
(b) Artegall.
(c) Turpine.
(d) The Beast.

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

13. What is the interpretation to Britomart's crazy dream about being impregnated by a crocodile and giving birth to a lion?
(a) She and Artegall will be married and rear a great king.
(b) She will die in child birth, but Artegall will care for the child.
(c) Artegall will try to deceive her.
(d) She will be raped, but Artegall will still marry her and raise the offspring not his as his own.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marinell hear while wandering around the castle?

2. Why is Britomart so angry about Artegall's predicament?

3. What are the names of the three figures who attacked Timias?

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

5. What is Marinell's mother?

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