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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 an aged sorcerer named Hidraort discover?

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

3. What gets the better of Renaldo?

4. What does Clorinda vow?

5. What happens as soon as Tancred and Clorinda see each other?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Guelpho and Ubaldo tempted? How do they handle these temptations?

3. What do Olino and Clorinda do regarding the missing statue?

4. Who is Valfrine?

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

6. Why does an angel visit Godfrey?

7. Why does Eustace try to talk Renaldo into seeking Godfrey's assignment?

8. What do the spirits tell Tancred?

9. How does the story begin?

10. Where does the Hermit lead Guelpho and Ubaldo? How are they surprise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The poem tells a quest story.

Part 1) What is a quest story? How does this tell a quest story?

Part 2) What is unique about this quest story? What is the purpose of this?

Part 3) Name two other quest stories. What is the purpose of these quest stories? Compare them to this story.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

A theme relates to woman as a distraction.

Part 1) How are women distractions in this poem?

Part 2) How is this thematic?

Part 3) What does this reveal about the mindset of people at the time the poem is written and the time in which the story takes place?

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