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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Dedication, whom does Leodogran summon along with Brastias and Bedivere?
(a) Anton.
(b) Gorlois.
(c) Urien.
(d) Ulfius.

3. What maiden has been besieged in "Gareth and Lynette"?
(a) Ariel.
(b) Enid.
(c) Lyonors.
(d) Lorraine.

4. What is the prize of the tournament in "The Marriage of Geraint"?
(a) A golden crown.
(b) A golden sword.
(c) A golden sparrow.
(d) A jeweled scepter.

5. Who is Guinevere's father?
(a) Galdrien.
(b) Leogordian.
(c) Leodogran.
(d) Urien.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of King Arthur's castle?

2. Who attacks Gareth and Lynette when they first set out to save Lynette's sister?

3. Who professes that his new-found virtue is a result of having been beaten by Geraint?

4. What kind of weapons does Geraint wield in the tournament in "The Marriage of Geraint"?

5. For what reason had Merlin fallen into a deep melancholy in "Merlin and Vivien"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the principle theme of "Gareth and Lynette"?

2. What is Vivien's goal for Merlin in "Merlin and Vivien"? What is her motivation?

3. What is the problem that Lynette turns to Arthur for help with?

4. How does Edyrn's transformation have religious undertones?

5. In the story of "The Marriage of Geraint," what does the dwarf do to Guinevere's maiden and Geraint? What does Geraint vow?

6. How is the concept of emotion viewed differently from the medieval period than the Romantic period? How is this reflected symbolically in "The Marriage of Geraint"?

7. Who does Leodogran summon to prove Arthur's birth? What do they relay?

8. Why does Geraint insist that Enid wear her old silk dress to Camelot?

9. How does the style of Romanticism appear in "The Coming of Arthur"?

10. What finally convinces Leodogran of Arthur's nobility?

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