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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. Who falls in love with Le Fresne and convinces her to come away with him?

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

3. Equitan promises he will never take another and tells her that in love she is the master and he her subject. How does she respond to this?

4. Who are neighbors in this story?

5. A ship takes the lady to a castle owned by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Eliduc? What has happened to him?

2. What does the king do at the end of the story?

3. What happens when the ship arrives at an ancient city?

4. What does the husband do with the nightingale?

5. What happens when Equitan falls in love?

6. Why does a maiden give her child to her sister?

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

8. How does this story end?

9. What happens when Guigemar goes hunting?

10. How is Guigemar's life threatened? Why is it threatened? What is the conclusion of this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Supernatural beings are found in several of these stories.

Part 1) What supernatural beings are found? Describe how they are used in each story.

Part 2) Why are supernatural beings used? What might they symbolize?

Part 3) Do these supernatural beings enhance the stories? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The knight in Les Deus Amanz gets a potion to help him climb the mountain.

Part 1) From where does he get the potion? Does she use it? Why or why not?

Part 2) What does his behavior on this mountain reveal about him?

Part 3) What is the moral of this story? How do you know this?

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