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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. Who is the author of Ivanhoe?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) Arthur Conan Doyle.
(c) Daniel Defoe.
(d) Sir Walter Scott.

2. Who is De Bracy?
(a) Prince John's archer.
(b) Prince John's knight.
(c) Price John's nephew.
(d) Prince John's councellor.

3. What causes tension between the Saxons and Normans at Prince John's banquet?
(a) Table etiquette.
(b) A language barrier.
(c) Differing manner of dress.
(d) Prince John's boasting about the superior Normans.

4. Who directs the horsemen to the location where they want to go in Chapter 2?
(a) A peddler.
(b) A palmer.
(c) A monk.
(d) A minstrel.

5. What language becomes the official language of England as a result of Norman royalty?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Gaelic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where place is King Richard returning from in Chapter 1?

2. Who does the mysterious knight challenge to mortal combat?

3. Who does Cedric hope to marry Rowena to?

4. Who does the Disinherited Knight send money to?

5. What does Cedric insist when Isaac of York comes in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rebecca return money to Gurth in Chapter 10?

2. What task is granted to the winner of the day's tournament?

3. Who do the horsemen encounter at the Sunken Cross?

4. How do the Black Knight and Friar Tuck make merry over their feast?

5. Why does Cedric forbid Lady Rowena from appearing before the Normans?

6. Describe the mysterious knight who enters into the tournament?

7. What is the Disinherited Knight offered for his win in the tournament? What does he accept?

8. Who does Prince John take seats from at the tournament?

9. What does the Palmer warn Isaac of Kent about? Where does the Palmer take Isaac?

10. Who are Gurth and Wamba, and what do they discuss when introduced to the story?

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