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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 Bois-Guilbert claim he planned to do to save Rebecca?

2. Who delivers a message to Isaac in Chapter 38?

3. Why is Urfried content to be alive?

4. What does Robin of Locksley give the Black Knight as a gift?

5. Who falsifies evidence against Rebecca in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. In her trial, what does Rebecca do when she is given time to argue her defense?

2. What proclamation does Friar Tuck make about Isaac?

3. What does Ulrica say to Front-de-Boeuf as he lays dying?

4. What does Bois-Guilbert say which greatly upsets Rebecca in Chapter 24?

5. What are Bois-Guilbert's aspirations, and what does he offer Rebecca in exchange for marrying him?

6. What happens when the Black Knight and Wamba are traveling through the forest in Chapter 40?

7. What advice does Nathan offer Isaac in Chapter 35?

8. At Athelstane's castle, what are the twenty women in an apartment doing?

9. What happens to Rebecca towards the end of the battle? Who tries to save Rebecca?

10. What confessions do the Black Knight and Robin of Locksley make in Chapter 40?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Ivanhoe. What are his defining character traits? What are his motives and how does he go about achieving his goals? Why is he fighting with his father? Why might Scott have chosen to have the protagonist of the novel be injured throughout much of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of anti-semitism in "Ivanhoe." What are some examples of antisemitism in the novel? Is this an accurate portrayal of how Jewish people were regarded at this time?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conflicts in "Ivanhoe." What causes them and how are they resolved?

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