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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ganelon met Marsile, he was enveloped in what?
(a) Women
(b) Silks
(c) Veils
(d) Trees

2. What region remains beyond Charlemagne's grasp?
(a) Siciliy
(b) Madrid
(c) Saragossa
(d) Milan

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

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

5. What gift does Marsile give to Ganelon?
(a) His sword
(b) Sable skins
(c) Jewels
(d) His wife

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

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

8. How does Ganelon refer to himself?
(a) Meek
(b) Fierce
(c) Ambitious
(d) Loyal

9. Who is the first person to volunteer to go to Saragossa?
(a) Archbishop Turpin
(b) Count Basan
(c) Ganelon
(d) Duke Neimes

10. Which animal was tethered with a leash?
(a) Lion
(b) Hawk
(c) Greyhound
(d) Bear

11. What is Roland's relationship to Charlemagne?
(a) Stableboy
(b) Nephew
(c) Son
(d) Courtier

12. Who is the first to meet Ganelon as he approaches Saragossa?
(a) Pagan high priest
(b) Blancandrin
(c) Marsile
(d) Marsile's envoy

13. How many hostages will be presented?
(a) 10-20
(b) 100
(c) 25-50
(d) None

14. How does Marsile expect the interaction to end?
(a) With the surrender of Saragossa
(b) With another call to war
(c) With the beheading of the hostages
(d) The death of Charlemagne

15. Where did the messengers sleep?
(a) Palace
(b) Tent
(c) Stable
(d) Gardener's hut

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these things was NOT given to Ganelon by Charlemagne?

2. Who asks for permission to kill Roland?

3. Turpin reminds the troops to keep what item?

4. What is the name of Marsile's brother?

5. What material did the people use to create Marsile's throne?

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