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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. What do some men believe is more fitting of a maiden for a knight in "Merlin and Vivien"?
(a) Marrying.
(b) Remaining a virgin.
(c) Committing suicide.
(d) Bearing children.

2. Who asks Vivien to go to Arthur's court and reveal scandal in "Merlin and Vivien"?
(a) The Red Knight.
(b) Mark.
(c) Pellam.
(d) Uther.

3. With whom does Balin see the Queen by the garden in "Balin and Balan"?
(a) Galahad.
(b) Lancelot.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Balan.

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

5. How long had Balin been exiled in "Balin and Balan"?
(a) Six years.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose symbol does Balin gain permission to wear on his shield in "Balin and Balan"?

2. Whom does Vivien tell Guinevere is attempting to force her to marry him?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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"?

4. What tactic does Vivien use on Guinevere in "Merlin and Vivien"?

5. Who do Enid and Geraint encounter along their path in "Geraint and Enid"? What takes place?

6. What does Balin do once Balan has left on his mission for Arthur?

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

8. Who "stops in" on Geraint and Enid in "Geraint and Enid"? Where are they?

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

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

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