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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the lion demonstrate loyalty once more?
(a) He helps heal Yvain.
(b) He chews his way out of the room to assist Yvain.
(c) He listens exactly to what Yvain says.
(d) He fights Sir Gawain.

2. By carrying the lion on his shield, what does Yvain show?
(a) His honor for the lion.
(b) His friendship with the lion.
(c) His disgust for the lion.
(d) His love for the lion.

3. How is Lancelot found by his savior?
(a) His savior found him by accident.
(b) His savior followed Meleagant to the hidden location.
(c) His savior beat it out of Meleagant.
(d) His savior heard his lamentations.

4. What does the dwarf tell Lancelot to do?
(a) Put Kay in the cart.
(b) Pull him in the cart.
(c) Get in the cart.
(d) Put Sir Gawain in the cart.

5. Where does Meleagant imprison Lancelot?
(a) In a farm on the inlet of a lake.
(b) In a farm in the forest.
(c) In a tower in the forest.
(d) In a tower on the inlet of a lake.

6. Who begs Yvain, In disguise, to stay after he and his lion battle?
(a) Laudine.
(b) Guinevere.
(c) Morgan.
(d) Lunete.

7. Who do Lancelot and other knights set out to search for after his fight with Meleagant has ended?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Kay.
(c) Queen Guinevere.
(d) Sir Gawain.

8. Why does the girl try to keep Lancelot from seeing the object she finds?
(a) Because it belongs to the Queen.
(b) Because it belongs to King Arthur.
(c) Because it belongs to her knight.
(d) Because it belongs to Meleagant.

9. What does Sir Gawain prevent Lancelot from doing when they see Queen Guinevere captive?
(a) Jumping from the roof.
(b) Killing the dwarf who kidnaps her.
(c) Jumping out the window.
(d) Running downstairs to the rescue.

10. What does the person from Question #112 give Yvain to prevent him from being seen?
(a) A magic cloak.
(b) A magic bracelet.
(c) A magic ring.
(d) A magic pendant.

11. Who is one of the beds reserved for in the lodging that Sir Gawain and Lancelot come to?
(a) For someone who has earned the privilege.
(b) For a king.
(c) For a woman.
(d) For someone who has slain a giant.

12. Who tells the story of finding an ugly peasant and a knight appearing after a storm?
(a) Calogrenant.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) Kay.
(d) Yvain.

13. What agreement makes Meleagant stop attacking Lancelot?
(a) That he can fight Lancelot in a week at King Arthur's court.
(b) That he can fight Lancelot the next day.
(c) That he can fight Lancelot in a year at King Arthur's court.
(d) That he can fight Lancelot in a year.

14. What does the maiden want who approaches Lancelot, after his fight with the proud knight who challenged him?
(a) That he lay with her.
(b) The defeated knight's head.
(c) The defeated knight's hand in marriage.
(d) His agreement to marry her.

15. Who is the first to decide to leave court in The Knight of the Cart?
(a) Kay.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Lancelot.
(d) Gawain.

Short Answer Questions

1. The people of town warn Yvain that great shame awaits. This foreshadows what?

2. Why do the maidens of King Arthur's court plan a tournament?

3. When the lion joins in Yvain's fight, what quality does he demonstrate?

4. Who decides to avenge Calogrenant?

5. After the tournament, where does Lancelot return to?

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