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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maleffort do to knights and ladies that he captures?
(a) Curses them with impotence and infertility.
(b) Shaves and shears them.
(c) Gouges out their eyes.
(d) Mocks them until they lose all confidence.

2. What was it that allowed Scudamore to retrieve Amoret from those surrounding her?
(a) He knew the password.
(b) His long pleadings.
(c) A mark on his forearm.
(d) The shield of love.

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

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

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

6. Which of these is one thing that Mutability does NOT claim to control?
(a) Grass.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Air.

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

8. How does Aretegall punish Sanglier for his actions?
(a) Makes him wear the head of the woman he killed around his neck.
(b) Orders him to be a slave and squire to him for five years.
(c) Casts a spell on him that will blind him for ten years.
(d) Brands him with the mark of a murderer on his forehead.

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

10. What does Marinell hear while wandering around the castle?
(a) His mother with Proteus.
(b) An evil plot between two withces to destroy the wedding.
(c) Florimell crying for him while in prison.
(d) A song telling him how to contiune on his quest.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Serena flee into the woods again?

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

3. What does Calpine feel determines a child's destiny?

4. What is Britomart so disgusted about when she sees Artegall?

5. How does Artegall escape from the Amazons?

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