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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which holiday does the tale Erec and Enide start off?
(a) Saturnalia.
(b) Hannukah.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) Easter Day.

2. What is Erec's status in life?
(a) Son of a peasant.
(b) Son of a vassal.
(c) Son of a knight.
(d) Son of a king.

3. Who does Queen Guinevere send second to discover the identity of the maiden who rides with a knight and a dwarf?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) Erec.
(d) Her maid-in-waiting.

4. Who captures the white stag?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) King Yder.
(d) Erec.

5. Where does King Arthur decide to cross over to?
(a) Greece.
(b) Britain.
(c) Brittany.
(d) Cronwall.

6. What is the future consequence of Fenice's actions?
(a) All future emperor's of Constantinople make sure not to forcibly marry a woman who does not love them.
(b) All future empresses of Constantinople must prove they love the emperor.
(c) All future empresses of Constantinople are guarded as though imprisoned.
(d) All future women of Constantinople are guarded as though imprisoned.

7. At King Arthur's court, what is the color of armor that Cliges wears on the fourth day of the tournament?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

8. What is the first glory of Alexander's knighthood?
(a) Presenting the Queen with his prisoners.
(b) Marrying Soredamour.
(c) Preventing the traitor from killing King Arthur.
(d) Pleding loyalty to King Arthur.

9. What must Erec do to discover the Joy of the Court?
(a) Slay the beast.
(b) Kiss the attractive maiden.
(c) Fight the tall knight.
(d) Fight King Evrain.

10. Whom does Erec befriend after a fight?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) Kay.
(c) Guivret the Small.
(d) The count.

11. How does Thessala convince doctors that Fenice is incurably ill?
(a) By presenting them with urine from a diseased cow.
(b) By presenting them with urine from a woman with an incurable disease.
(c) By presenting them with urine from a man with an incurable disease.
(d) By presenting them with urine from a diseased pig.

12. What custom does King Arthur wish to revive?
(a) The hunt for the white stag.
(b) The quest for the golden fleece.
(c) The hunt for the golden stag.
(d) The quest for the sword in the stone.

13. Which of the following is NOT one of the three joys and honors Alexander receives?
(a) The crown of the Greek empire.
(b) Marriage to his beloved.
(c) The finest kingdom of Wales.
(d) The castle he captured.

14. Who does Queen Guinevere send first to discover the identity of the maiden who rides with a knight and a dwarf?
(a) Her maid-in-waiting.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) Erec.
(d) King Arthur.

15. Cliges begins by mentioning the Emperor of which lands?
(a) Constantinople and Babylon.
(b) Rome and Greece.
(c) England and Greece.
(d) Greece and Constantinople.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Erec reveal his identity after fighting him?

2. Who is the first to discover that Alexander and Soredamour are attracted to one another?

3. What request does Alexander make of the King?

4. After leaving King Arthur a second time, who do Erec and Enide come across and why is she distressed?

5. How is the garden enclosed by air?

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