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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 fisherman do when he wakes up to see Florimell in his boat?
(a) He gets angry at her for taking his boat out to sea.
(b) He doesn't even notice her because he is blind.
(c) He takes pity on her for her plight and promises to help her.
(d) He tries to rape her on a pile of fish.

2. Who is the brother of Pyrochles?
(a) The father of Furor.
(b) The King of the Land.
(c) The lover of Acrasia.
(d) The brother of Archimago.

3. Why won't the blood on the baby's hands wash off?
(a) The fountain they are at is really a transformed nymph and the water there cannot be made impure.
(b) Before killing herself, the mother prayed that her blodd may remain on her baby's hands that he might remember her always.
(c) The blood is a sign of the baby's part in his mother's death.
(d) The baby was cursed at birth.

4. Why did Britomart become a knight?
(a) She preferred learnign to fight to the softer ways of women.
(b) Her father wanted her to be a boy, so raised her as one.
(c) She was forced to learn to fight because of the lack of able-bodied men in her kingdom.
(d) Her mother had seen a vision of her child bearing a spear and Britomart was her only child, so she had to fulfill it.

5. How does the Red Cross Knight finally defeat the dreaded dragon?
(a) He stabs it through the throat after being swallowed.
(b) He puts a curse on the dragon that Arthur taught him.
(c) He gouges out his eyes and is then able to stab the heart while it is blinded.
(d) He creeps up on it during the night while he is sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took Belphoebe from her sleeping mother's side and raised her?

2. What does Blandamour suggest the prize for the loser should be in his proposed duel with Braggadochio?

3. How did Triamond survive his battle with Campbell?

4. Why does Mammon return Guyon to the surface?

5. Who is almost killed while trying to help defeat Orgolio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the punishment for prisoners of the Amazons?

2. Why are Artegall and Scudamore so happy when Britomart's helmet is knocked off?

3. What is Orgoglio and who is with him?

4. Explain Artegall's Solomon-like solution with Saglier.

5. Explain the sad story of Phedon.

6. Explain the dream that Britomart has and the interpretation.

7. Why does Mirabella not need protecting?

8. Why does the poet forswear his earthly possessions?

9. How is Arthur proving his love to Gloriana?

10. Explain what happened to Guyon while he was with Mammon.

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