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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. According to the ghost, when will Arthur die in "The Passing of Arthur"?
(a) The following year.
(b) The following hour.
(c) The next week.
(d) The next day.

2. How long are the knights bound to search for the Holy Grail?
(a) One year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

3. How many brothers does Elaine have in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. Why does Guinevere not attend the tournament in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
(a) She hates violence.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is sick.
(d) She is with child.

5. What are the women whom Pelleas encounters in the wood doing?
(a) Looking for King Arthur.
(b) Going to their castle.
(c) Trying to find their way.
(d) Looking for Pelleas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who mortally wounds Arthur in the end of "The Passing of Arthur"?

2. Where does Tristram take a second wife in "The Last Tournament"?

3. What is the prize of Arthur's great tournament in "Lancelot and Elaine"?

4. What does Elaine cherish in the beginning of "Lancelot and Elaine"?

5. Who does Pelleas find in bed with Ettarre?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Lancelot's character depicted in "Pelleas and Ettarre"? How does this differ than in the previous stories?

4. What is Arthur's justification for his anger at the knights for taking the oath in "The Holy Grail"?

5. What is the story of the ruby necklace in "The Last Tournament"?

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

7. How does "Pelleas and Ettarre" interplay with the other stories of Idylls of the King?

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

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

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

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