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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tristram hide here?
(a) In hope of avoiding the king.
(b) In hope of talking to the queen.
(c) In hope of catching a glimpse of the queen.
(d) In hope of being saved.

2. What is the problem regarding the lady's courtship?
(a) She cannot decide among the four knights.
(b) She cannot decide among the six knights.
(c) She cannot decide among the five knights.
(d) She cannot decide among the seven knights.

3. When her husband asks why she goes to the window every night, what does she say?
(a) She is in love with the neighbor and watches him.
(b) She is entranced by the song of the nightingale.
(c) She is entranced by the moon.
(d) She is entranced by the river.

4. How does she feel about receiving the letter from the knight?
(a) Delighted.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Sad.
(d) Worried.

5. What do Isolde and this person do when she has to leave?
(a) Yell.
(b) Weep.
(c) Argue.
(d) Laugh.

6. What does Tristram do with a stick of hazel?
(a) He chews on it.
(b) He carves his name on it, placing it near where he is hiding by a path in the woods.
(c) He uses it to season his dinner.
(d) He creates a magic spell with it.

7. How does the lady feel about her plan going wrong?
(a) Upset.
(b) A little angry.
(c) Content.
(d) Unconcerned.

8. Milun is the greatest knight in the land who takes the daughter of a nobleman as a lover, giving her what?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A golden ring.
(c) Money.
(d) Flowers.

9. He tells her he has always loved her, and what brought him to her?
(a) Her faith.
(b) Her husband.
(c) God.
(d) Her wish.

10. What will the woman name her son?
(a) Milo.
(b) Yonec.
(c) Vonec.
(d) Isaac.

11. Who falls deeply in love with Eliduc?
(a) The king's daughter.
(b) The queen.
(c) The king's daughter's maid.
(d) The queen's sister.

12. The lord, his wife, and their son attend a feast and then stop by what?
(a) A chapel.
(b) A tomb.
(c) A cathedral.
(d) A church.

13. What does Chevrefoil mean?
(a) Rose petal.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Honeysuckle.
(d) Daisy.

14. What does the woman's lover do with what she has sent him?
(a) He reads it every night to her out the window.
(b) He makes a jeweled box to hold the body of the nightingale.
(c) He wears it for the rest of his life.
(d) He kisses her picture every day.

15. Who is King Mark?
(a) The queen's husband.
(b) Tristram's uncle.
(c) Tristram's father.
(d) The queen's step father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comes from beneath the altar?

2. Because of her new love, what happens to the woman's beauty?

3. The woman's husband spies on her and discovers what?

4. What does Milun notice about the knight and realizes it is his son?

5. Why is Eliduc banished?

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