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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who vows to fight for Lancelot against Meleagant within a year if Lancelot is not found?
(a) King Bademagu.
(b) Sir Gawain.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) Kay.

3. What does the lion prepare to do when he thinks Yvain is dead?
(a) Take Yvain's body back to Laudine.
(b) Run away.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Eat Yvain.

4. Who finally takes vengeance upon Meleagant for all of his mischief?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) Lancelot.
(c) Kay.
(d) King Arthur.

5. What request does Kay make?
(a) He wishes to be knighted.
(b) He wishes to join Lancelot.
(c) He wishes to marry the king's daughter.
(d) He wishes to answer the knight's challenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two ways that lead to the land of Meleagant?

2. Why does Yvain fight Sir Gawain even though they are supposed to know one another?

3. What does Lancelot ask the dwarf?

4. From where is Queen Guinevere watching the fight between Lancelot and Meleagant?

5. Upon hearing the rumor of Lancelot's death, which of the following is NOT among what ruins Queen Guinevere's beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indicates Yvain's fame?

2. How does Lancelot attempt to regain his pride from his shameful cart ride in The Knight of the Cart?

3. What are some instances in which Lancelot's appeal to women is depicted?

4. Why does Lunete offer to help Yvain escape when he is trapped?

5. What is the irony of Laudine begging Yvain to stay after he defeats the three knights?

6. In The Knight of the Cart, why does the girl who offers lodging to Lancelot try to keep him from seeing the comb?

7. What shame follows Lancelot throughout his adventures in The Knight of the Cart?

8. Describe what can be understood of Calogrenant and Kay's characters when they see the Queen in The Knight with the Lion.

9. Briefly compare and contrast King Bademagu and his son, Meleagant, from The Knight of the Cart.

10. What is the irony of King Bademagu keeping the Queen safely confined in The Knight of the Cart?

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