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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Guinevere promise to dress Geraint's wife in "The Marriage of Geraint"?
(a) Like a princess.
(b) Like the stars.
(c) Like a queen.
(d) Like the sun.

2. Who is the most fearsome of the knights who has seized Lynette's sister in "Gareth and Lynette"?
(a) Noon.
(b) Morning.
(c) Night.
(d) Evening.

3. By what are Balin and Balan located outside Camelot in the beginning of "Balin and Balan"?
(a) A tree.
(b) A meadow.
(c) A fountain.
(d) A mountain.

4. In the Dedication, what land is "Thick with wet woods, and many a beast therein"?
(a) Leodogran.
(b) Caeleon.
(c) Camelot.
(d) Cameliard.

5. Merlin's sought-after spell involved being able to do what to people?
(a) Make them fall in love.
(b) Make them sorrowful.
(c) Imprison them.
(d) Kill them.

6. What does Balin do after he suspects the Queen is unfaithful?
(a) Leaves the castle.
(b) Storms the castle.
(c) Seeks his brother.
(d) Kills Guinevere.

7. The three people who pass Geraint in the woods in "The Marriage of Geraint" are a woman, a knight, and a what?
(a) Duke.
(b) Baron.
(c) King.
(d) Dwarf.

8. From whom does King Pellam find himself descended in "Balin and Balan"?
(a) Saint Jupiter Abraham.
(b) Saint Exeder of Lyon.
(c) Saint Christon Pilapes.
(d) Saint Arimathan Joseph.

9. Arthur's knights claim that two men know the truth of Arthur's birth. These are Merlin and who?
(a) Bleys.
(b) Lodogrian.
(c) Gorlois.
(d) Anton.

10. What does Vivien accuse Merlin of using the spell to do for his own use in "Merlin and Vivien"?
(a) Trapping children.
(b) Killing knights.
(c) Trapping women.
(d) Killing children.

11. For what reason had Merlin fallen into a deep melancholy in "Merlin and Vivien"?
(a) His longing for love.
(b) The evil in the world.
(c) His age.
(d) The affair of Guinevere's.

12. In the Dedication, the Queen of Orkney says, "A doubtful throne is ____ on summer seas."
(a) Fire.
(b) Ice.
(c) Oil.
(d) Scum.

13. According to the king's knights gossip, with whom had Vivien tried unsuccessfully to flirt?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Gawain.
(c) Mark.
(d) Lancelot.

14. The banners in Arthur's hall represent how many battles?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

15. Geraint is what as well as a knight in "The Marriage of Geraint"?
(a) A king.
(b) A duke.
(c) A baron.
(d) A prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes in secret and defeats Balin and Balan?

2. Who is Gareth's father?

3. Who does Balin kill in the end of "Balin and Balan"?

4. What maiden has been besieged in "Gareth and Lynette"?

5. What does Geraint inform the knight that he and Enid meet while leaving Doorm?

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