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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a beautiful young Christian woman named Sophronia confess?

2. Who leads their first attack?

3. On how many lords does Godfrey finally randomly decide?

4. What gets the better of Renaldo?

5. Back in Jerusalem, why is Argantes becoming more and more angry and impatient?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Tancred searches for Erminia?

2. What does Godfrey do, regarding the battle? How does Renaldo respond?

3. What takes place during the battle?

4. What does Renaldo attempt to do to Argantes? Why?

5. What do the spirits tell Tancred?

6. What is said after the poem describes Godfrey's election as the army's leader?

7. Why does an angel visit Godfrey?

8. For what do Godfrey and his warriors grieve?

9. How does Clorinda die?

10. How does Godfrey respond to Armida's request?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clorinda is a female warrior.

Part 1) Why is this significant?

Part 2) How does she differ from Sophronia? What is the purpose for these differences?

Part 3) What real figure might she represent? Who might she represent today? Why?

Essay Topic 2

There are stories of both Clorinda's childhood and death.

Part 1) Describe these stories. What do these stories reveal about Clorinda?

Part 2) What do these stories reiterate?

Part 3)What symbols are used to define and reinforce this interpretation? How does her life connect with historical facts? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Books 17and 18 lay the groundwork for the poem's climactic confrontations.

Part 1) Describe Books 17and 18. How do they lay the groundwork for the poem's climactic confrontations on a literal level?

Part 2) How do they lay the groundwork for the poem's climactic confrontations on a symbolic level?

Part 3) How do these books affect the reader? How do they affect the sense of the poem? Is it more suspenseful? Bittersweet? Sad? Why?

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