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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 Ettarre send her knights to do with Pelleas in "Pelleas and Ettarre"?
(a) Scare him away.
(b) Bind him and bring him in.
(c) Ask him to summon Arthur.
(d) Kill him.

2. Arthur tells Guinevere that her sins have affected whom in "Guinevere"?
(a) The entire kingdom.
(b) Their children.
(c) Lancelot's wife.
(d) Her everlasting soul.

3. After passing through the swamp, where does Sir Percivale see the Grail in "The Holy Grail"?
(a) Above Sir Percivale.
(b) Above Sir Gawain.
(c) Above Arthur.
(d) Above Sir Galahad.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wins the tournament in "The Last Tournament"?

2. What does Ettarre promise Pelleas if he wins her the prize of the tournament?

3. Which knight, known as pure and just, speaks with the first person who saw the Holy Grail?

4. Whose ghost visits Arthur in "The Passing of Arthur"?

5. Whom does Arthur leave in control of the kingdom when he goes to war in "The Last Tournament"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the exposition reveal of the diamonds in "Lancelot and Elaine"?

2. What theme is the backdrop of "The Holy Grail"?

3. What theme does Tristram represent in "The Last Tournament"? Where has this theme been seen before?

4. What allegory does Tennyson refer to in "To the Queen"?

5. What is the principle plot of "Pelleas and Ettarre"?

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

7. What is Tennyson's viewpoint of the oath of marriage in "Lancelot and Elaine"?

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

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

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

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