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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of these is NOT how Roland refers to Oliver?
2. What does 'betrothed' mean?
3. Who watches over Charlemagne as the king sleeps?
4. In what is Charlemagne most interested?
5. How does Marsile reply to the objections?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In order to decide if Ganelon should be executed, there is a battle between Thierry and Pinabel. The battle is also a metaphor for good versus evil, much like the battle fought between Roland and Marsile and Charlemagne and Baligant. Compare and contrast the three battles and their outcomes.
Essay Topic 2
After Charlemagne defeated Baligant, the French troops rode to Saragossa to take control of the city. Explain the actions taken by Charlemagne's men and the purpose behind each. What was the point of trying to convert the pagans? How did Marsile escape being taken back to Aix? What became of Bromimonde?
Essay Topic 3
Charlemagne arrives at Spanish Pass to find all of his soldiers dead. Charlemagne begins to go after the fleeing Saracens but is stopped by an act of nature. What is the act? How is the situation remedied? The act of nature is a metaphor for what moral? Does the solution help or hurt Charlemagne's battle?
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