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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 Arthur ask be thrown into the ocean on his death bed?
(a) His ring.
(b) His scepter.
(c) His crown.
(d) Excalibur.
2. What is the prize of Arthur's great tournament in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
(a) A scepter.
(b) A diamond.
(c) A ruby.
(d) A crown.
3. Who arrives to take Arthur away on a barge in the end of "The Passing of Arthur"?
(a) Merlin.
(b) Three knights.
(c) The Lady of the Lake.
(d) Three queens.
4. In "Pelleas and Ettarre," Pelleas overhears the women near where over a hundred of what kind of trees grow?
(a) Oak.
(b) Ash.
(c) Maple.
(d) Birch.
5. What causes great confusion in the final battle of Arthur?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Rain.
(c) Night.
(d) Mist.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long are the knights bound to search for the Holy Grail?
2. How does Arthur feel about the knights taking the oath to search for the Holy Grail?
3. Where does Arthur tell Guinevere he hopes to see her again in "Guinevere"?
4. To which castle does Lancelot ride to in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
5. What does Arthur plan on giving as a prize in his tournament in "The Last Tournament"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is taking place in the beginning of "Guinevere"?
2. How does Tennyson break apart from the medieval vision of love in "Lancelot and Elaine" - and essentially in the book as a whole?
3. What is Tennyson's viewpoint of the oath of marriage in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
4. What does Percivale give as the exposition of how the Holy Grail came about?
5. How does "Pelleas and Ettarre" interplay with the other stories of Idylls of the King?
6. What theme does Tristram represent in "The Last Tournament"? Where has this theme been seen before?
7. Describe the allegory of Eden in "Guinevere."
8. What allegory does Tennyson refer to in "To the Queen"?
9. Who arrives before the tournament in "The Last Tournament" and what news does he relay?
10. What does the exposition reveal of the diamonds in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
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