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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 does the king decree regarding his daughter?

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

3. How does Lanval respond when the queen approaches him when he is alone and offers her love to him?

4. What does the woman do to the baby?

5. What does Guigemar tie around her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tristram hiding in the woods?

2. How does the seneschal's wife respond to the king's interests? Why does she respond this way?

3. How does Lanval end up arrested?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does the lady believe that the knight's title is appropriate?

9. How does this story end?

10. How is Lanval's love returned to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Faith and one's ultimate reward are connected in Le Fresne's story.

Part 1) Describe Le Fresne's story. How was Le Fresne faithful? Why was she faithful?

Part 2) How is she rewarded? What does this reveal about the connection between faithfulness and reward?

Part 3) Should she have been faithful in this situation? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In Chaitivel, a lady cannot choose a husband from her suitors.

Part 1) Why can she not choose a husband from her suitors? How does she remedy this?

Part 2) Is this a good way to choose a mate? Why or why not? What does this reveal about her?

Part 3) What is the moral of this story? What might readers think of this story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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