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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) They believe Le Fresne to be only a lowly orphan.
(b) He is need of monetary support.
(c) They do not like Le Fresne.
(d) They want him to be happy.

2. Near a high mountain is what city?
(a) The city of Pitres.
(b) The city of Nice.
(c) The city of Caens.
(d) The city of Pyres.

3. With whom does Guigemar fall in love?
(a) The lady's maid.
(b) The lady.
(c) The lady's daughter.
(d) The lady's sister.

4. When the king discovers the lovers, what does he do?
(a) He marries his daughter to someone else.
(b) He orders them to leave each other at once.
(c) He orders a marble tomb to be built on the mountainside where they died.
(d) He marries them.

5. Trapped, what does Bisclavret do?
(a) He hides in the bushes.
(b) He begs for help.
(c) He kneels down before the king in a sign of mercy.
(d) He growls at the king.

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

7. Many men try for she is very beautiful. Do any succeed?
(a) Only one.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) A few.

8. Why does the lover refuse what the princess has to offer?
(a) He says he has the strength to go on.
(b) He is tired.
(c) He is annoyed by her.
(d) He no longer wants to climb.

9. Later, while the king is staying with Bisclavret near the home of Bisclavret's wife, the creature sees his wife and does what?
(a) Growls at her.
(b) Attacks her, biting off her nose.
(c) Ignores her.
(d) Kills her.

10. What are the king's advisers eager for him to do?
(a) Stay single.
(b) Find a noble woman to marry.
(c) Send the woman back to her husband.
(d) Marry the woman.

11. What does the king decree regarding his daughter?
(a) Any man who wishes to marry her must marry someone else instead.
(b) Any man who wishes to marry her must be very wealthy.
(c) Any man who wishes to marry her must be able to carry her to the top of the nearby mountain without resting.
(d) Any man who wishes to marry her must move into the king's castle.

12. What does Guigemar tie around her?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A belt.
(c) A girdle.
(d) A rope.

13. Not wishing to be judged by her own false words, what does the woman do?
(a) She conspires to have a servant leave one of the girls at a church.
(b) She gives both of her babies away.
(c) She begs to be saved.
(d) She gives birth to her twins in secret.

14. What does the woman realize about Le Fresne?
(a) Le Fresne is her neighbor's lost daughter.
(b) Le Fresne is her lost daughter.
(c) Le Fresne should be her daughter's maid.
(d) Le Fresne is her servant's lost daughter.

15. How does the king reward Bisclavret?
(a) With land and riches.
(b) With half of the kingdom.
(c) With a title.
(d) With a new wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bisclavret's wife insist on knowing?

2. Why does the king not wish to give his daughter up in marriage?

3. What does the knight give his lover?

4. What does the woman tell the king to suggest to her husband on the third day?

5. Learning that the woman is married to the knight that Bisclavret attacked before, what does the king do to the knight?

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