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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the lord's knights still pressure him to marry a woman of noble birth?
(a) He is need of monetary support.
(b) They believe Le Fresne to be only a lowly orphan.
(c) They want him to be happy.
(d) They do not like Le Fresne.

2. The lord asks Guigemar to do what?
(a) Leave the woman alone.
(b) Return to his own kingdom.
(c) Come help him fight an enemy.
(d) Kill the woman's husband.

3. The beautiful woman tells Lanval of her love for him and. How does Lanval respond?
(a) He turns and runs away.
(b) He laughs at her.
(c) He is hesitant.
(d) He professes his love for her.

4. Why does the woman say Lanval will no longer want for money?
(a) She is going to kill him.
(b) The more he spends the more he will have.
(c) He needs only her.
(d) He will no longer want money.

5. What rumor does one wife spread about having twins?
(a) It is a sign of the devil.
(b) It is unnatural.
(c) Her twins will fight one another.
(d) It is the result of having had sex with two different men.

6. Arthur's advisers decide that if Lanval can prove the truth of his claim, what will happen to him?
(a) He may return to the kingdom.
(b) He may once again be a knight.
(c) He will be promoted.
(d) He will be released.

7. Does Guigemar agree to do as the lord asks?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Not at first.
(d) Maybe.

8. What does the princess tell her lover to do?
(a) Climb the mountain.
(b) Talk to her father and work out a compromise.
(c) Go to her aunt for a potion to give him the strength to carry her up the mountain.
(d) Train for the climb.

9. While hunting near his home, Guigemar shoots what with an arrow?
(a) A hog.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A bear.
(d) A white deer.

10. Guigemar rides away to the sea where he discovers what?
(a) A small dingy.
(b) A beautiful view.
(c) A beautiful ebony ship with silken sails.
(d) A beautiful woman.

11. With whose wife does Equitan fall in love?
(a) His uncle's.
(b) His brother's.
(c) His seneschal's.
(d) His father's.

12. Believing this, what does the husband of the woman with the twins do?
(a) He begs his wife to explain what has happened.
(b) He becomes jealous and locks her away unjustly.
(c) He yells at his wife.
(d) He fights the other woman's husband.

13. To where do the lady and her maids help Guigemar?
(a) A guest bedroom.
(b) His castle.
(c) The lady's chambers.
(d) His ship.

14. Learning that the woman is married to the knight that Bisclavret attacked before, what does the king do to the knight?
(a) He tortures him.
(b) He banishes him.
(c) He arrests him.
(d) He has him killed.

15. Where does Lanval go?
(a) He returns to his home.
(b) He rides off to Avalon with his beloved, never to return.
(c) He goes to build his own castle.
(d) He the chapel to pray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the lover refuse what the princess has to offer?

2. Who lives in a nearby region and loves the princess?

3. When Lanval's love comes to him, how will she appear to everyone else?

4. Fearing they will be discovered, what does Guigemar's love do to the tail of his shirt?

5. While the woman's husband is out of the room, what do the woman and the king do?

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