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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 Guinevere eventually become before she dies in "Guinevere"?
(a) Lot's wife.
(b) Destitute.
(c) Mark's wife.
(d) Abbess.

2. At whose castle is Tristram's first wife being held captive?
(a) King Lot.
(b) King Mark.
(c) King Pelleas.
(d) King Pellam.

3. To whom is King Arthur metaphorically the most symbolic?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) Judas.
(d) Christ.

4. Where does Tristram take a second wife in "The Last Tournament"?
(a) Lot.
(b) Exeter.
(c) Bethany.
(d) Brittany.

5. Which of Arthur's knights has planned to overthrow him in "Guinevere"?
(a) Doorm.
(b) Modred.
(c) Pellam.
(d) Mark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elaine cherish in the beginning of "Lancelot and Elaine"?

2. Who is the one person to whom Guinevere talks in "Guinevere"?

3. Who does Pelleas fight in the ending of "Pelleas and Ettarre"?

4. Whose forces are defeated in the battle in "Guinevere"?

5. In what month does Sir Percivale tell his friend the story of "The Holy Grail"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Arthur ask of Bedivere in "The Passing of Arthur" regarding Excalibur? What does Bedivere do?

2. What can desire do to the human soul, as per the allegory in "Guinevere"? What of anger?

3. What is happening to Camelot in "The Last Tournament"?

4. Who arrives before the tournament in "The Last Tournament" and what news does he relay?

5. How does Tennyson break apart from the medieval vision of love in "Lancelot and Elaine" - and essentially in the book as a whole?

6. How does Tennyson depict Gawain in "Pelleas and Ettarre"?

7. Describe the allegory of the human soul in "Guinevere."

8. What is the story of the ruby necklace in "The Last Tournament"?

9. What does Arthur think of the night before the battle in "The Passing of Arthur"?

10. Describe the allegory of Eden in "Guinevere."

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