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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. How does the king's lover still feel?

2. What rumor does one wife spread about having twins?

3. Who lives in a nearby region and loves the princess?

4. When they do not return from the top, what does the king do?

5. When Lanval's love comes to him, how will she appear to everyone else?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eliduc fall in love with Guilliadun?

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

3. What does Tristram compose? Why does he do this?

4. Why do a knight and his neighbor's wife send messages and gifts to each other?

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

6. What happens when Equitan falls in love?

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

8. What happens when Milun returns home after achieving fame as a knight?

9. What does the husband do with the nightingale?

10. Why does the lord consent to marry La Codre?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a theme of one suffering for true love.

Part 1) How is this a theme?

Part 2) Why might this be a popular theme for readers?

Part 3) Do you believe that one must suffer for true love? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

These stories reflect beliefs, ideals, and conflict during the time in which the stories are written.

Part 1) How do these stories reflect the time in which they were written?

Part 2) How are they relevant to readers of that time?

Part 3) How are these stories relevant today? Will they continue to be relevant? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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