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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift did Roland give to Charlemagne?
(a) Fever
(b) Drawing
(c) Sword
(d) Apple

2. What will Marsile be offered if he converts to Christianity?
(a) A place in Charlemagne's royal court
(b) Half of Spain
(c) Reprieve from execution
(d) Life in a monastery

3. What color were the feathers on Marsile's dart?
(a) Red
(b) White
(c) Black
(d) Gold

4. How many French generals are killed by Grandoine?
(a) 6
(b) 9
(c) 1
(d) 4

5. What is the name of the nephew to Richard the Old?
(a) Ganelon
(b) Charlemagne
(c) Oliver
(d) Henry

6. How do Charlemagne's people refer to themselves?
(a) Franks
(b) Undeserving
(c) Loyal
(d) Prussian

7. Marsile is concerned about his lack of what item?
(a) Army
(b) Faith
(c) Weapons
(d) Wit

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

9. How does the poem refer to Blancandrin?
(a) Monster
(b) Greedy
(c) Warrior
(d) Pagan

10. Who/what is Murgles?
(a) A mountain
(b) Bird
(c) Sword
(d) Horse

11. What material did the people use to create Marsile's throne?
(a) Granite
(b) Wood from a sacred tree
(c) Human bones
(d) Mable

12. What is the name of Marsile's brother?
(a) Falsaron
(b) Aelroth
(c) Ganelon
(d) Naimon

13. How does Roland repay Grandoine?
(a) Has him sent to the gallows
(b) Chases him out of the valley
(c) Cuts off his head
(d) Pays him in gold

14. The poem states that Charlemagne cannot save himself from:
(a) Robbery
(b) Stupidity
(c) Treachery
(d) Mutiny

15. Which of these characteristics regarding Charlemagne is not among those listed by Ganelon?
(a) Valor
(b) Goodness
(c) Chivalry
(d) Grace

Short Answer Questions

1. What event will be celebrated with Charlemagne?

2. At the end of the first battle, how many Saracens are left alive?

3. Who asks for permission to kill Roland?

4. Who brought news to Charlemagne?

5. Who is the first person to volunteer to go to Saragossa?

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