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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 does Guinevere eventually become before she dies in "Guinevere"?
(a) Lot's wife.
(b) Mark's wife.
(c) Abbess.
(d) Destitute.

2. To whom does Sir Percivale tell the story of "The Holy Grail"?
(a) Lanceter.
(b) Ambrosius.
(c) Galahad.
(d) Leodogran.

3. What does Elaine cherish in the beginning of "Lancelot and Elaine"?
(a) Lancelot's sword.
(b) Lancelot's shield.
(c) The Holy Grail.
(d) Arthur's shield.

4. Where does Arthur's final battle take place?
(a) The south.
(b) The east.
(c) The north.
(d) The west.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who initially had the vision of the Holy Grail?

2. Whose forces are defeated in the battle in "Guinevere"?

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

4. At whose castle is Tristram's first wife being held captive?

5. How many knights accompany Ettarre everywhere she goes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can desire do to the human soul, as per the allegory in "Guinevere"? What of anger?

2. How does Tennyson's version of "Lancelot and Elaine" embody Romantic notions of love?

3. Describe the allegory of Eden in "Guinevere."

4. Describe the allegory of the human soul in "Guinevere."

5. What does Arthur think of the night before the battle in "The Passing of Arthur"?

6. Who arrives before the tournament in "The Last Tournament" and what news does he relay?

7. What is taking place in the beginning of "Guinevere"?

8. What does Percivale give as the exposition of how the Holy Grail came about?

9. What is happening to Camelot in "The Last Tournament"?

10. How does Tennyson depict Gawain in "Pelleas and Ettarre"?

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