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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. How did Basan and Basilie die?
(a) Beheaded
(b) Stabbed
(c) Starved
(d) Hanged

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

3. Marsile is concerned about his lack of what item?
(a) Faith
(b) Army
(c) Weapons
(d) Wit

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

5. To whom does Marsile pray?
(a) Odin
(b) Apollin
(c) Yahweh
(d) Allah

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the first battle, how many Saracens are left alive?

2. What country is the poem written about?

3. In Charlemagne's dream, what animal did he see?

4. Oliver says he would rather die than face what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. According to part one, what is Roland's role in the Song of Roland?

5. How does Charlemagne react to the news from Blancandrin?

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

7. What happened when two of Charlemagne's counts went to Marsile to try and take over Saragossa? Which two counts went on the mission?

8. Where does Charlemagne find Roland? What is unusual about Roland's body?

9. Roland attempts to break his sword just before he dies. Why? How does Roland attempt to break it?

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

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