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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 Queen Herzeloyde forbid others from teaching to Parzival?
(a) Knighthood.
(b) Her labor.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

2. Obie mocks her sister when __________ does not yet fight as Meljanz excels in battle.
(a) Parvizal.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Uther.
(d) Gawan.

3. Queen Herzeloyde is stricken with grief after the passing of Gahmuret and fights death only because she is ___________,
(a) Bored.
(b) Pregnant.
(c) Stubborn.
(d) In love.

4. Who offers to be Parzival's host and to train him after Parzival decides to leave King Arthur's Court?
(a) No one.
(b) Gurnemanz.
(c) Ither.
(d) Gawan.

5. Who sees an army marching in grand style when he emerges from the forest during the beginning of this section?
(a) Parvizal.
(b) Anfortas.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) Gawan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parzival do that causes his mother to feel much grief at his decision?

2. _________'s wrongs are pardoned by the good natured King of Briton, according to the story.

3. Anfortas expects that Parzival should free him by ____________, but Parzival does not as he is forbidden to.

4. Gurnemanz's teachings to Parzival prevent Parzival from ___________ when he is in the presence of the Gral.

5. Parzival tells the seneschal to submit the surrender of Clamide to Lady Cunneware as well as to _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does an assembly of princes petition after the death of the King of Anjou?

2. What does the page walk through the room carrying when Parzival is at the castle?

3. What does the Queen of Waleis offer to the winner of the tournament that is in her land?

4. What is so miraculous about the Gral during this section's particular gathering?

5. Where does an angler direct Parzival when he comes to a lake in the evening?

6. What is the book that inspired the current tale, "Parzival"?

7. What happens to cause Gahmuret to want to leave his position as Ampflise's knight?

8. What does Queen Herzeloyde do when she finds out that her son wants to be a knight?

9. What happens when Clamide arrives at King Arthur's court after his defeat in battle?

10. What happens to the eldest son after his father passes, according to the story's contents?

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