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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. Who is King Pellam's heir in "Balin and Balan"?

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

3. For what does Geraint chastise Enid on their journey in "Geraint and Enid"?

4. After how long does Gareth's mother release him from his oath in "Gareth and Lynette"?

5. In "Gareth and Lynette," whom does the most fearsome knight with the besieged maiden hope to defeat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the style of Romanticism appear in "The Coming of Arthur"?

2. What is the principle theme of "Gareth and Lynette"?

3. Who "stops in" on Geraint and Enid in "Geraint and Enid"? Where are they?

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

5. In the story of "The Marriage of Geraint," what does the dwarf do to Guinevere's maiden and Geraint? What does Geraint vow?

6. How does Edyrn's transformation have religious undertones?

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

8. Why does Geraint leave Camelot in "The Marriage of Geraint"? What is thought by others of his leaving?

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

10. Discuss irony as it applies to the story of "Geraint and Enid" in a medieval sense.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of "infidelity" in "Idylls of the King." How is this theme overriding throughout the stories? In what ways does Tennyson depict infidelity?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the religious allusion in "Idylls of the King." What symbols are used to reflect this common theme and backdrop to the stories?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Tennyson's use of imagery (simile and metaphor) in the stories of "Idylls of the King." In what ways do these examples reflect the style of the Romantics?

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