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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Aelroth?
(a) A pagan lookout
(b) Marsile's brother
(c) Marsile's nephew
(d) Oliver's brother

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

3. How is Oliver described?
(a) Resourceful
(b) Impulsive
(c) Gentle
(d) Brilliant

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the period of history called in which the story takes place?

2. The poem does not address which of the following:

3. Marsile is concerned about his lack of what item?

4. How many pagans arrived carrying olive branches?

5. How long has Charlemagne been at war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Charlemagne's response to the end of the seven year's war with Spain?

2. What is the supposed reason that the city remains under the rule of another king?

3. What does Ganelon propose to Marsile on behalf of Charlemagne?

4. What does Charlemagne do to ensure that Bromimonde converts to Christianity? How does Bromimonde respond to the treatment?

5. Marsile nearly makes a fatal mistake when devising the first plan. What is the initial plan and what was the mistake?

6. What happens when the French arrive in Saragossa? What happens to Bromimonde?

7. How does Blancandrin predict that the plan will work out? What will happen to the city?

8. What is the relationship between Roland and Ganelon? Between Ganelon and Charlemagne? Between Roland and Charlemagne?

9. What major events cause Marsile and many other Saracens to flee the battle even though they are winning against the French?

10. What is the purpose of some of the bodies being prepared for burial? What is the significance of the ornate coffin?

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