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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when they are discovered by her husband?

2. How does the woman respond to Equitan?

3. What happens when he reaches the top?

4. What does the woman convince a knight from a nearby land to do?

5. After Bisclavret is missing a year, what does everyone assume?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the knight give the lady before he dies? Why?

2. Why does a lady arrange a tournament?

3. How do Milun and his son meet for the first time?

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

5. What happens when Guigemar goes hunting?

6. How is Lanval's loyalty to King Arthur tested?

7. Why does a young wife need help?

8. What happens as Le Fresne grows into womanhood?

9. What excuse does the woman get for gazing out her window at night?

10. Why is Tristram hiding in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a theme of what goes around comes around.

Part 1) How is this a theme? What is meant by this?

Part 2) Is this theme relevant today? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might knowledge of this theme affect one's behavior?

Essay Topic 2

The mutual love of Guigemar and a lady heals him.

Part 1) How does he learn this will heal him? How might this influence his feelings for the lady?

Part 2) What is the meaning of this healing through love?

Part 3) Can love heal physical wounds? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In Les Deus Amanz, the king does not want to give his daughter away in marriage.

Part 1) Why does the king not want to give his daughter away in marriage? How does he go about keeping her from marrying?

Part 2) How might parents at this time commiserate with this father?

Part 3) How can parents today understand why this father does not want to give his daughter away in marriage?

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