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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. Who is the one person who stops after Geraint has collapsed at the side of the road in "Geraint and Enid"?
(a) The Earl.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) King Uther.
(d) The Baron.

2. In which direction is the wood devil in "Balin and Balan"?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) North.

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

4. Who stops Geraint and Enid as they continue past Doorm's realm?
(a) Earl Doorm.
(b) Galahad.
(c) Lamours.
(d) Edyrn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Geraint commands that Enid ride how when they set out in "Geraint and Enid"?

2. How does Vivien tell Guinevere that her parents died?

3. How does Guinevere promise to dress Geraint's wife in "The Marriage of Geraint"?

4. Who is Gareth's mother?

5. Who asks Vivien to go to Arthur's court and reveal scandal in "Merlin and Vivien"?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

2. What decision on Arthur's part shocks the court in "Gareth and Lynette"?

3. What is Arthur's question for Balin and Balan when he summons them to court?

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

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

6. Why does Bellicent instate her condition for Gareth's joining Arthur's court? What is the condition?

7. How is the love affair between Guinevere and Lancelot presented differently by Tennyson than in the Medieval legends?

8. What is the state of England in "The Coming of Arthur"? Upon whose kingdom is the point of focus?

9. What is Balin met with at Pellam's castle in "Balin and Balan"?

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

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