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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they do not return from the top, what does the king do?
(a) He asks his servants to go up after them.
(b) He curses them.
(c) He climbs up after them.
(d) He goes home.

2. What happens to the deceitful wife?
(a) She is banished from the kingdom.
(b) She is unable to have children.
(c) She gives birth to twin girls later that year.
(d) She is killed.

3. When are the king's advisers dismayed?
(a) The king says he will marry another woman.
(b) The king tells them he has no intention of marrying.
(c) The king tells them he wants them to kill the woman's husband.
(d) The king tells them he is marrying the woman.

4. On what does Lanval's lover enter?
(a) A black horse.
(b) A white horse.
(c) A white deer.
(d) A black bull.

5. To where do the lady and her maids help Guigemar?
(a) The lady's chambers.
(b) His ship.
(c) His castle.
(d) A guest bedroom.

6. Does the king agree to this plan?
(a) No.
(b) Partially.
(c) Yes.
(d) Not at first.

7. How do the king and his court react to Bisclavret's behavior?
(a) Scared.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Astonished.

8. Why does the lover refuse what the princess has to offer?
(a) He is annoyed by her.
(b) He is tired.
(c) He says he has the strength to go on.
(d) He no longer wants to climb.

9. What will happen to Guigemar if he does not suffer greatly in love?
(a) He will be happier.
(b) He will die alone.
(c) He will never be happy.
(d) His wound will never heal.

10. How does Lanval respond when the queen approaches him when he is alone and offers her love to him?
(a) He does not respond.
(b) He turns and runs.
(c) He tells her he loves her.
(d) He declines.

11. Not wishing to be judged by her own false words, what does the woman do?
(a) She begs to be saved.
(b) She conspires to have a servant leave one of the girls at a church.
(c) She gives birth to her twins in secret.
(d) She gives both of her babies away.

12. When the woman's husband returns, what does the king do?
(a) He runs out of the room.
(b) He hands him the letter.
(c) In haste to hide himself, he jumps into the scalding bath and dies.
(d) He hugs the man.

13. Why do the lord's knights still pressure him to marry a woman of noble birth?
(a) He is need of monetary support.
(b) They believe Le Fresne to be only a lowly orphan.
(c) They do not like Le Fresne.
(d) They want him to be happy.

14. The beautiful woman tells Lanval of her love for him and. How does Lanval respond?
(a) He is hesitant.
(b) He turns and runs away.
(c) He laughs at her.
(d) He professes his love for her.

15. What does Equitan say about the woman's husband?
(a) If she truly loved Equitan, she would divorce her husband.
(b) If her husband were dead, he would be free to marry her.
(c) He should go fight in the Crusades.
(d) He is a fool to not treat his wife better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor does one wife spread about having twins?

2. What happens to Lanval after his encounter with the queen?

3. Guigemar rides away to the sea where he discovers what?

4. What does Guigemar tie around her?

5. What does the woman tell the king to suggest to her husband on the third day?

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