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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the women whom Pelleas encounters in the wood doing?
(a) Looking for Pelleas.
(b) Trying to find their way.
(c) Going to their castle.
(d) Looking for King Arthur.

2. To whom is King Arthur metaphorically the most symbolic?
(a) Paul.
(b) Judas.
(c) Christ.
(d) Peter.

3. Whose army is Arthur fighting in "The Passing of Arthur"?
(a) Pellam's.
(b) Modred's.
(c) The Red Knight's.
(d) Mark's.

4. Who initially had the vision of the Holy Grail?
(a) Sir Percivale's sister.
(b) Guinevere's sister.
(c) Lancelot's sister.
(d) Arthur's sister.

5. Where does Arthur tell Guinevere he hopes to see her again in "Guinevere"?
(a) Camelot.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Her country.
(d) The convent.

6. Why does Guinevere not attend the tournament in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is with child.
(c) She hates violence.
(d) She is sick.

7. Where does Tristram take a second wife in "The Last Tournament"?
(a) Brittany.
(b) Bethany.
(c) Exeter.
(d) Lot.

8. How does Arthur feel about the knights taking the oath to search for the Holy Grail?
(a) Angry.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Indifferent.

9. What is the prize of Arthur's great tournament in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
(a) A ruby.
(b) A scepter.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A crown.

10. What causes great confusion in the final battle of Arthur?
(a) Mist.
(b) Rain.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Night.

11. Who tells the story in "The Passing of Arthur"?
(a) Sir Lancelot.
(b) Sir Percivale.
(c) Sir Galahad.
(d) Sir Belvidere.

12. Where do Lancelot and his companion stay for the night in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
(a) A nunnery.
(b) A knight's.
(c) A king's.
(d) A holy hermit's.

13. What happens to Elaine in the end of "Lancelot and Elaine"?
(a) She falls in love with Merlin.
(b) She is stabbed.
(c) She falls in love with Gawain.
(d) She dies of heartbreak.

14. What does Ettarre do once Pelleas wins the prize for her in the tournament?
(a) Kisses him.
(b) Marries him.
(c) Locks him outside her fortress.
(d) Runs away with him.

15. Who taunts Tristram over his infidelity in "The Last Tournament"?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Gawain.
(c) Dragonet.
(d) Guinevere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Elaine's brothers decides to participate in the tournament in "Lancelot and Elaine"?

2. What does Ettarre send her knights to do with Pelleas in "Pelleas and Ettarre"?

3. Who originally drank from the Holy Grail?

4. Where do the jousts take place in the tournament in "Pelleas and Ettarre"?

5. According to the ghost, when will Arthur die in "The Passing of Arthur"?

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