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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. What city did Marsile's soldier Valdabron take by treason?
(a) Paris
(b) Rome
(c) Madrid
(d) Jerusalem

2. What is Ganelon to Roland?
(a) Stepfather
(b) Brother
(c) Uncle
(d) Cousin

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Song of Roland is referred to as what type of poem?

2. Where do Charlemagne's people meet?

3. How did Basan and Basilie die?

4. Roland asks Oliver's advice about what?

5. What is Roland's title?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marsile's nephew claim that he needs in order to defeat Roland? What will the result be?

2. What is Charlemagne's reaction when the governors and nobles approach him with the idea that Ganelon should be spared? What happens next?

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

4. What happens to Oliver and what is the result of the conflict? How does Roland react?

5. What does Ganelon tell Blancandrin of Charlemagne's plans?

6. What is Bromimonde's reaction to being taken to France? How does Charlemagne treat Bromimonde?

7. What does Roland do to anger Ganelon? What is Ganelon's response?

8. Baligant believes that Charlemagne has lost all his power. What causes Baligant to make that statement? How do the others respond to the comment?

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

10. About what does Roland ask Oliver's advice? Why do the men agree or disagree?

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