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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. What did Urfried set about doing after being imprisoned by the Front-de-Boeufs?

3. Who is Robin Hood's lieutenant?

4. How far away is Isaac from Templestowe Castle in Chapter 38?

5. In what way does Rebecca realize she is being insensible in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Ivanhoe come to be with Isaac and Rebecca?

3. How does Robin of Locksley distribute the spoils of the battle?

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

5. How is the scene outside Athelstane's castle described in Chapter 41?

6. Who is sent to Torquilstone posing as a priest, and what does he do to help Cedric escape?

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

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

9. What does Robin of Locksley give the Black Knight in Chapter 32?

10. What request does King Richard make of Cedric in Chapter 42? What request does Cedric make of Ivanhoe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the historical inaccuracies in the novel "Ivanhoe." Were these inaccuracies deliberate? If so, why might Scott have chosen to depict the story in a way that is not historically accurate?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of disguise. Who wears a disguise in the novel and why? Who chooses not to disguise himself and how does it affect his life? How does Scott depict the revealing of these characters?

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