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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lanval's lover tell Arthur?
(a) Lanval made a mistake.
(b) Lanval has been wrongly accused.
(c) Lanval is a liar.
(d) Lanval should be punished.

2. When the king discovers the lovers, what does he do?
(a) He orders them to leave each other at once.
(b) He marries them.
(c) He marries his daughter to someone else.
(d) He orders a marble tomb to be built on the mountainside where they died.

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

4. Equitan promises he will never take another and tells her that in love she is the master and he her subject. How does she respond to this?
(a) She still is reluctant.
(b) She agrees.
(c) She ignores him.
(d) She laughs at him.

5. When Bisclavret sees the knight again, what does he do?
(a) He growls at him.
(b) He lunges for him, pulling him to the ground.
(c) He stabs him.
(d) He ignores him.

6. Who lives in a nearby region and loves the princess?
(a) A young king.
(b) A young and handsome king.
(c) An old knight.
(d) A young and valiant knight.

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

8. What does the woman realize about Le Fresne?
(a) Le Fresne is her lost daughter.
(b) Le Fresne should be her daughter's maid.
(c) Le Fresne is her neighbor's lost daughter.
(d) Le Fresne is her servant's lost daughter.

9. While out riding, how many beautiful maidens approach Lanval, calling him by name?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

10. Near a high mountain is what city?
(a) The city of Nice.
(b) The city of Pitres.
(c) The city of Caens.
(d) The city of Pyres.

11. What is Guigemar's one flaw?
(a) He shows no interest in romance.
(b) He cannot tell the truth.
(c) He does not enjoy being a knight.
(d) He loves many people.

12. When the lord finally consents, who do his knights present?
(a) Le Poisson.
(b) Le Chat.
(c) La Codre.
(d) Le Mer.

13. Believing this, what does the husband of the woman with the twins do?
(a) He begs his wife to explain what has happened.
(b) He becomes jealous and locks her away unjustly.
(c) He fights the other woman's husband.
(d) He yells at his wife.

14. When Lanval tells the queen he has the love of a woman who is so fair that her servant is still more beautiful than the queen, what does the queen do?
(a) She pretends as if she never heard him.
(b) She laughs saying he lies.
(c) She immediately tells Arthur what Lanval has said, telling him that it was she who spurned his advance.
(d) She begins to cry.

15. Why does the woman say Lanval will no longer want for money?
(a) He needs only her.
(b) The more he spends the more he will have.
(c) She is going to kill him.
(d) He will no longer want money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Satisfied that Lanval has been vindicated, what does Arthur do to Lanval?

2. When are the king's advisers dismayed?

3. After Bisclavret is missing a year, what does everyone assume?

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

5. Why does this man try to persuade the princess to elope with him?

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