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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The following morning whose home does Erminia come across?
(a) A Sorceror.
(b) An Old Beggar.
(c) A hospitable Old Man.
(d) Her father's.

2. From where does Aladine watch this first battle?
(a) From high in a tower.
(b) From a tent.
(c) From his home.
(d) From the front lines.

3. What does this Muslim ruler consider?
(a) Forgiving all the Christians currently living in the city.
(b) Slaughtering all the Christians currently living in the city.
(c) Exiling all the Christians currently living in the city.
(d) Forcing all the Christians to convert to Islam.

4. To whom does this holy man send messengers?
(a) The Muslims.
(b) His allies.
(c) His family.
(d) His enemies.

5. When Argantes, one of the Egyptian messengers, calls him cowardly, what does Aladine do?
(a) He reminds him that he is older, wiser, and more experienced.
(b) He pities him.
(c) He has him tortured.
(d) He laughs at him.

6. What do the combined armies raise?
(a) Their king's flags.
(b) Their country's flags.
(c) Christian flags.
(d) Their own flags.

7. Back in Jerusalem, why is Argantes becoming more and more angry and impatient?
(a) He is waiting for the battle to end.
(b) He wants more power.
(c) He wants to end the war.
(d) He is waiting for his battle with Tancred to resume.

8. Is Armida able to have any effect on Godfrey or Tancred?
(a) Some.
(b) Quite a bit.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

9. What happens as the battle rages around Tancred and Clorinda?
(a) They glare at each other.
(b) They vow to not hurt or kill each other.
(c) They fight as well.
(d) They run from each other.

10. Why does Clorinda flee the battle scene?
(a) To get first aid.
(b) To find her husband.
(c) To find more warriors.
(d) To replace her armor.

11. What happens when Tancred becomes aware of Clorinda?
(a) He becomes bitter.
(b) He becomes distracted.
(c) He becomes angry.
(d) He becomes sad.

12. Who escorts Armida to Godfrey's tent?
(a) Argantes.
(b) Tancred.
(c) Eustace.
(d) Erminia.

13. Whose help does the poet invoke?
(a) His friends.
(b) Poetic muses.
(c) Satan.
(d) Various gods.

14. What happens when Tancred pursues this person into the castle?
(a) He is taunted.
(b) He is thrown out of the castle.
(c) He is taken prisoner.
(d) He is captured and tortured.

15. What does Clorinda step forward and offer?
(a) Her family as a sacrifice.
(b) Her belief that the lovers are innocent.
(c) Her belief that the two are co-conspirators.
(d) Herself as a sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads their first attack?

2. As Tancred searches in vain for Erminia, who does he encounter?

3. What does the Muslim ruler destroy?

4. Why does Argantes plot to gain some glory for himself?

5. Of what does this Muslim ruler hear?

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