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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The king of the land goes hunting and who corners the werewolf, Bisclavret?
(a) His dogs.
(b) The horses.
(c) The king.
(d) The servants.

2. What reputation does Lanval soon gain?
(a) For being generous and living honorably.
(b) For being brave and mighty.
(c) For being a coward and uncertain.
(d) For being rich and attractive.

3. How do the king and his court react to Bisclavret's behavior?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Astonished.
(d) Scared.

4. Satisfied that Lanval has been vindicated, what does Arthur do to Lanval?
(a) He marries Lanval and his love.
(b) He allows Lanval to return to the kingdom.
(c) He releases Lanval.
(d) He lets Lanval be a knight again.

5. About what is Bisclavret's wife concerned?
(a) Four days of every week her husband disappears.
(b) Six days of every week her husband disappears.
(c) Five days of every week her husband disappears.
(d) Three days of every week her husband disappears.

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

7. When another woman is chosen to be the lord's wife, what does Le Fresne do?
(a) She continues to serve Gurun faithfully.
(b) She begs him to not marry the woman.
(c) She leaves Gurun's home.
(d) She hides in her room.

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

9. What happens when they are discovered by her husband?
(a) He sets Guigemar adrift in the same ship that first carried him.
(b) He leaves them so they can be together.
(c) He divorces his wife.
(d) He attempts to kill Guigemar.

10. When Bisclavret sees the knight again, what does he do?
(a) He stabs him.
(b) He lunges for him, pulling him to the ground.
(c) He growls at him.
(d) He ignores him.

11. How does Lanval respond when the queen approaches him when he is alone and offers her love to him?
(a) He turns and runs.
(b) He tells her he loves her.
(c) He declines.
(d) He does not respond.

12. Impressed by the creature's apparent intelligence, what does the king do?
(a) He helps him find his clothes.
(b) He makes him a knight.
(c) He spares its life and takes Bisclavret back to his castle to live.
(d) He makes him an act in the circus.

13. How does Lanval's lover affect everyone?
(a) Her power stuns everyone.
(b) Her power scares everyone.
(c) Her beauty stuns everyone.
(d) Her beauty scares everyone.

14. What is Guigemar's one flaw?
(a) He cannot tell the truth.
(b) He shows no interest in romance.
(c) He loves many people.
(d) He does not enjoy being a knight.

15. How does the man respond when his love begs him to drink the potion?
(a) He will not.
(b) He will later.
(c) He will drink it.
(d) He does not like the taste of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the princess refuse to elope?

2. What does the woman scheme?

3. What will happen to Guigemar if he does not suffer greatly in love?

4. Guigemar rides away to the sea where he discovers what?

5. How does the knight who is now married to Bisclavret's wife end up coming to the king's castle?

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