View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What occupation does Tristram's father hold?
(a) Knight.
(b) King.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Squire.

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

4. What is Marinell's mother?
(a) A servant of Venus.
(b) A Wood Nymph.
(c) A Sea Nymph.
(d) A Goddess of Fire.

5. Why is Priscilla so worried about her reputation?
(a) She had her virture taken away from her on the road.
(b) She fled from her father under false pretences.
(c) She ran away with a knight when she was betrothed to another.
(d) She is in love with Calidore and is afraid he thinks her weak and unworthy.

6. What happened to Faunus when he was caught spying on Diana while bathing.
(a) He fell from the tree he was sitting in and died.
(b) She drowned him in the pool she was bathing in.
(c) He was turned into a deer and hunted down.
(d) He wooed her and married her.

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

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

9. Why is Britomart so angry about Artegall's predicament?
(a) She thinks he will be dead.
(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 is angry that he could not defeat a bunch of women.

10. Why does Serena flee into the woods again?
(a) Timias is trying to attack her.
(b) She thinks Timias is dead.
(c) She is scared by the hermit.
(d) She thinks she sees Calidore.

11. Where is the monster found?
(a) In the highest tower of the castle.
(b) Beneath a statue of a man-eating monster.
(c) In the dungeaons of the castle.
(d) In a well of water and fire.

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

13. Who kills Malengin?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Samient.
(c) Artegall.
(d) Talus.

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

15. Which of these things does Mutability claim to have control over?
(a) The seasons.
(b) The whirlwinds.
(c) The gravitational pull.
(d) The tides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attacks Pastorella?

2. What is the interpretation to Britomart's crazy dream about being impregnated by a crocodile and giving birth to a lion?

3. What are the names of the two hags who meet Artegall and Talus on the road back home?

4. Why do Serena and Timias stay with the hermit while the rest travel on?

5. What does the poet say Mutability cannot control?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 625 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample