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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Ganelon's horse?
(a) Trigger
(b) Tachebrun
(c) Excalibur
(d) Murgles

2. What plagues the soldiers on the field?
(a) Snow
(b) Unbearable heat
(c) Locusts
(d) Thunderstorm

3. Ganelon tells Charlemagne that Marsile's traitorous men met with what fate?
(a) They were
(b) They drowned
(c) They were captured
(d) They were killed by hounds

4. The Song of Roland is referred to as what type of poem?
(a) Haiku
(b) Lyrical
(c) Edda
(d) Epic

5. The poem does not address which of the following:
(a) Corruption
(b) Betrayal
(c) Christianity
(d) Violence

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the ruler of the region?

2. What will Marsile be offered if he converts to Christianity?

3. In Charlemagne's dream, what animal did he see?

4. What does Charlemagne do on the morning of Ganelon's return?

5. Under what type tree does Charlemagne sit?

(see the answer key)

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