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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Geryoneo doing that has caused Belge to come to Mercilla for aid?

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

3. Who does Marinell's mother ask to help fight the cause of her son's depression?

4. Who comes to kill the band of brigands?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who do you think should have won in the trial between Mutability and Nature? What are the differences between the two? Which one do you think is more powerful and why?

Essay Topic 2

Love is an ongoing theme in this book as Spenser juxtaposes a number of different couples throughout the plot. Explore the best and the worst of these relationships. What makes the best one good and the worst one bad? Are they realistic at all?

Essay Topic 3

Spenser blamed the degeneration of society on the tossing aside of certain values and wrote this book as a satire on this issue. What are some of the best examples from the book that display this point? Are they effective enough to leave an impression? Why or why not?

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