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

2. What relic does Balin take from the chapel in "Balin and Balan"?
(a) A crown.
(b) A spear which wounded Christ.
(c) A nail from Christ's cross.
(d) The Holy Grail.

3. Whom does Gareth mistake for a bandit and attack in "Gareth and Lynette"?
(a) The Red Knight.
(b) Gawain.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Lancelot.

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

5. What is the name of Arthur's sword?
(a) Excalibur.
(b) Exavier.
(c) Lanteriol.
(d) Camelot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Balin ends up going toward whose realm in "Balin and Balan"?

3. Who was Merlin's master in "The Coming of Arthur"?

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

5. The banners in Arthur's hall represent how many battles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Guinevere's infidelity lead indirectly to Balin's downfall? What religious allusion exists in this story?

2. What discussion do King Mark and Vivien have in the beginning of "Merlin and Vivien"?

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

4. What does Guinevere represent to Balin in "Balin and Balan"? How does this affect his actions?

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

8. What does Vivien turn her attention to once her flirtations with Arthur fail in "Merlin and Vivien"? What does she want?

9. How are women and men characterized in "Gareth and Lynette"?

10. What is the importance of royal blood to King Leodogran?

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