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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things does Calpine leave behind once again?
(a) His sword and his shield.
(b) Serena and Timias.
(c) His helmet and his food.
(d) His armor and his horse.

2. Why does Arthur leave Turpine alive?
(a) Turpine regains his strength and begins to fight with more fervancy.
(b) He pities Turpine for his misery.
(c) He hears Blandina's flase cries for help.
(d) Arthur is distracted by something he sees in the distance.

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

4. Who does Marinell's mother ask to help fight the cause of her son's depression?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Venus.
(d) Jove.

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

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

7. What causes Calidore to stop his quest for the Blatant Beast?
(a) He collapses from fatigue.
(b) He hears Serena in the woods.
(c) Pastorella, a lovely shepherdess.
(d) He meets up with Arthur and helps him with his quest.

8. Why does Dolon set a trap for Britomart?
(a) He wants her to marry one of his sons.
(b) He wants to take her virtue.
(c) He believes that she killed his son.
(d) He wants to punish Artegall by killing his beloved.

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

10. Who is Calidore searching for?
(a) Archimago.
(b) The Hairy Carl.
(c) Duessa.
(d) The Blatant Beast.

11. What proves Pastorella's heritage?
(a) A rose shaped birthmark.
(b) The color of her hair.
(c) A blue mark on her back.
(d) A brand on the bottom of her foot.

12. Why is Britomart so angry about Artegall's predicament?
(a) She is angry that he could not defeat a bunch of women.
(b) She is afraid he will not want her after seeing the Amazon beauty.
(c) She thinks he will be unfaithful to her.
(d) She thinks he will be dead.

13. What does the poet say Mutability cannot control?
(a) The heavens.
(b) The underworld.
(c) The oceans.
(d) The earth.

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

15. Why is Serena so hard to recognize when she is rescued in the forest?
(a) She received many wounds.
(b) She is silent and naked.
(c) She is covered in dirt and mud.
(d) She is in disguise as someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of these is NOT one of the things that the hermit teaches Serena and Timias?

2. How does Aretegall punish Sanglier for his actions?

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

4. Who comes to kill the band of brigands?

5. What is Artegall's argument for the Giant trying to fairly distribute landmarks and wealth?

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