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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Roland asks Oliver's advice about what?
(a) How to capture Marsile
(b) How to change strategy
(c) Calling in reinforcements
(d) How to win Oliver's sister

2. Oliver says he would rather die than face what?
(a) Marsile
(b) Gallows
(c) Religious persecution
(d) Shame

3. How many times does Roland sound the horn?
(a) 7
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 3

4. Who does Ganelon refer to as a "courteous paladin?"
(a) Roland
(b) Basilie
(c) Basan
(d) Oliver

5. Which one of the following is not a reason to summon Charlemagne?
(a) Charlemagne can retrieve the dead
(b) Charlemagne will reward the surviving French soldiers
(c) Charlemagne can kill the rest of the Saracens
(d) Charlemagne will save the bodies from being eaten by animals

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is referred to as Charlemagne's henchman?

2. Which of these characteristics regarding Charlemagne is not among those listed by Ganelon?

3. Ganelon says that Charlemagne would rather die than leave his...

4. Ganelon recommends that Marsile send "five score thousand" pagans to defeat the troops left behind. How many is "five score thousand?"

5. Ganelon proposes that Marsile send what to Charlemagne?

(see the answer key)

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