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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. Where do the jousts take place in the tournament in "Pelleas and Ettarre"?
(a) Lexander.
(b) Caeleon.
(c) Usk Holden.
(d) Camelot.

2. What is wrapped around the child whom Arthur and Lancelot find in "The Last Tournament"?
(a) A silk robe.
(b) Emeralds.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Rubies.

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

4. With what is Sir Percivale immediately with upon leaving for his search for the Grail?
(a) Anger.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Thirst.
(d) A black knight.

5. Who mortally wounds Arthur in the end of "The Passing of Arthur"?
(a) Pellam.
(b) Mark.
(c) Modred.
(d) Gawain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pelleas find in bed with Ettarre?

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

3. Arthur claims in "Guinevere" that men naturally seek wives who help them practice what?

4. Which of Elaine's brothers decides to participate in the tournament in "Lancelot and Elaine"?

5. To whom does Lancelot plan on giving the prize of the tournament in "Lancelot and Elaine"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tennyson break apart from the medieval vision of love in "Lancelot and Elaine" - and essentially in the book as a whole?

4. What does Arthur ask of Bedivere in "The Passing of Arthur" regarding Excalibur? What does Bedivere do?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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