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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what do Geraint and Enid ask the peasants in their village?

2. Who does not trust Gareth when he arrives at Arthur's court and treats him meanly?

3. By what are Balin and Balan located outside Camelot in the beginning of "Balin and Balan"?

4. Geraint is what as well as a knight in "The Marriage of Geraint"?

5. Who approaches Balin and asks for his help in the woods in "Balin and Balan"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bellicent instate her condition for Gareth's joining Arthur's court? What is the condition?

2. What tactic does Vivien use on Guinevere in "Merlin and Vivien"?

3. What is Vivien's goal for Merlin in "Merlin and Vivien"? What is her motivation?

4. What is Arthur's question for Balin and Balan when he summons them to court?

5. Why does Geraint insist that Enid wear her old silk dress to Camelot?

6. How is the concept of emotion viewed differently from the medieval period than the Romantic period? How is this reflected symbolically in "The Marriage of Geraint"?

7. What does Vivien turn her attention to once her flirtations with Arthur fail in "Merlin and Vivien"? What does she want?

8. What decision on Arthur's part shocks the court in "Gareth and Lynette"?

9. What does Balin do once Balan has left on his mission for Arthur?

10. How are women and men characterized in "Gareth and Lynette"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the depiction of love in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King." How does his depiction of love and other emotions differ from that of the medieval period?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the treatment of women and attitudes toward the roles of women and men in medieval ages and in the Victorian era as they are represented in "Idylls of the King."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the world view of the Middle Ages differs from that of the Romantic era, as expressed in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King."

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