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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Hermit urge Renaldo to do?

2. How does Clorinda kill several attackers?

3. When are the Crusaders repeatedly turned back by the apparent presence of evil spirits?

4. Why was the queen kept prisoner?

5. Who decides it is time for Clorinda to know the truth of her origins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The greater the obstacle, the greater the victory.

Part 1) How is this seen in this poem?

Part 2) Why would people at this time believe this?

Part 3) Is this still true today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Two angels enter the battle in opposition to each other.

Part 1) Who are these angels? Why do they join the battle?

Part 2) What is the purpose for the angels in this battle?

Part 3) How do these angels support the ideas of good versus evil and women as starting as evil.

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