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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of pelt does Ganelon wear?
(a) Chinchilla
(b) Beaver
(c) Marten
(d) Wolf

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

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

4. What country is the poem written about?
(a) Norway
(b) Italy
(c) France
(d) Portugal

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

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

7. According to Blancandrin, who is responsible for giving bad advice to Charlemagne?
(a) Courtiers
(b) Chevaliers
(c) Nobles
(d) Knights

8. The soldiers equated the plague as:
(a) A harbinger of doom
(b) God's wrath
(c) The end of time
(d) Marsile's evil curse

9. Out of what material is the fald-stool made?
(a) Gold
(b) Fungus
(c) Ivory
(d) Leather

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

11. At the end of the first battle, how many Saracens are left alive?
(a) 0
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 8

12. Turpin reminds the troops to keep what item?
(a) Honor
(b) Courage
(c) Faith
(d) Ambition

13. What sign of peace will go with Marsile's people?
(a) Olive branch
(b) Dove
(c) Bribe
(d) White flag

14. Marsile believes that Charlemagne will grow...
(a) Faint
(b) Ill
(c) Bitter
(d) Old

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pagans arrived carrying olive branches?

2. What is Roland's relationship to Charlemagne?

3. How do Charlemagne's people refer to themselves?

4. With which country is Charlemagne at war?

5. Marsile's nephew asks for how many barons?

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