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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ettarre promise Pelleas if he wins her the prize of the tournament?
2. To whom is Tristram married in "The Last Tournament"?
3. Whom does Arthur leave in control of the kingdom when he goes to war in "The Last Tournament"?
4. Who mortally wounds Arthur in the end of "The Passing of Arthur"?
5. Who tells the story in "The Passing of Arthur"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tennyson's version of "Lancelot and Elaine" embody Romantic notions of love?
2. Describe the allusions to Christ in "The Passing of Arthur."
3. What is Arthur's justification for his anger at the knights for taking the oath in "The Holy Grail"?
4. Who arrives before the tournament in "The Last Tournament" and what news does he relay?
5. How does Tennyson depict Gawain in "Pelleas and Ettarre"?
6. How does "Pelleas and Ettarre" interplay with the other stories of Idylls of the King?
7. How does Tennyson break apart from the medieval vision of love in "Lancelot and Elaine" - and essentially in the book as a whole?
8. What does the exposition reveal of the diamonds in "Lancelot and Elaine"?
9. What does Arthur ask of Bedivere in "The Passing of Arthur" regarding Excalibur? What does Bedivere do?
10. What is happening to Camelot in "The Last Tournament"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of Arthur and Lancelot in "Idylls of the King." How are these men similar? How are they different?
Essay Topic 2
Compare the characters of Vivien and Guinevere. How are these characters similar? How do they differ in their actions and their motivations? When do they interact in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Tennyson's use of symbolism and motif in "Idylls of the King." How do these examples illustrate the stories' themes?
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