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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will the woman then do to her husband?
(a) Fill his bath with scalding water that will kill him.
(b) Poison him.
(c) Write him a letter saying she is leaving him.
(d) Shoot her husband with an arrow.

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

3. When they do not return from the top, what does the king do?
(a) He goes home.
(b) He asks his servants to go up after them.
(c) He climbs up after them.
(d) He curses them.

4. What does Bisclavret admit to his wife?
(a) He has a mistress.
(b) He is a vampire.
(c) He is a werewolf.
(d) He is unhappy in his marriage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In honor of the marriage, what does Le Fresne do?

2. When do Equitan and the woman meet?

3. When the lover begins to slow, what does the princess do?

4. On what does Lanval's lover enter?

5. While hunting near his home, Guigemar shoots what with an arrow?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a knight's wife end up locked away?

2. What does the woman do so she may marry a knight from a nearby land?

3. What happens when Bisclavret sees his wife and her new husband? What are the reactions of others to Bisclavret's behavior?

4. How does Lanval meet the love of his life?

5. For what are the king's advisers eager? How does the woman feel about the situation?

6. What does the knight do with the potion before he begins the climb?

7. What happens when Equitan falls in love?

8. How does Meriaduc learn of the lady's love for another man? What does he do about this?

9. Describe the relationship between Bisclavret and his wife, prior to her learning about his becoming a werewolf?

10. What happens when Guigemar first arrives at Meriaduc's castle?

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