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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. The gift is worth more than what amount of money?
(a) 500 pounds
(b) 2,000 dollars
(c) 1,000 francs
(d) 300 Pesos

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

3. Who warns Charlemagne that Marsile is not to be trusted?
(a) Ganelon
(b) Roland
(c) Oliver
(d) Turpin

4. What city does Ganelon go to to meet Charlemagne?
(a) Galne
(b) Paris
(c) Saragossa
(d) Aix

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hostages will be presented?

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

3. What gift does Marsile give to Ganelon?

4. The poem states that Charlemagne holds no man in...

5. Where do Charlemagne's people meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Charlemagne hears the call? How does the Emperor respond to his nephew's call for help?

2. Why is Charlemagne puzzled at Alda's reaction to the deaths of Roland and Oliver? What is the cause of Alda's reaction?

3. What actions best represent Baligant's troops' eagerness to forge ahead with the battle?

4. What does Ganelon tell Blancandrin about Roland? What is the solution to the problem?

5. What is the final message from the angel to Charlemagne? How does Charlemagne respond?

6. Which city remains the property of another King? Which King is it?

7. Charlemagne must decide what to do as night is beginning to fall. What is Charlemagne's plan and the result?

8. Roland's opinion of Turpin changes during the battle. What has Roland discovered?

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

10. How does Baligant make a comeback against Charlemagne's army? What was Charlemagne's reaction?

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