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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Satisfied that Lanval has been vindicated, what does Arthur do to Lanval?
(a) He releases Lanval.
(b) He marries Lanval and his love.
(c) He allows Lanval to return to the kingdom.
(d) He lets Lanval be a knight again.

2. 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 begins to cry.
(c) She laughs saying he lies.
(d) She immediately tells Arthur what Lanval has said, telling him that it was she who spurned his advance.

3. What does the king decree regarding his daughter?
(a) Any man who wishes to marry her must be very wealthy.
(b) Any man who wishes to marry her must move into the king's castle.
(c) Any man who wishes to marry her must be able to carry her to the top of the nearby mountain without resting.
(d) Any man who wishes to marry her must marry someone else instead.

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

5. How does the king reward Bisclavret?
(a) With half of the kingdom.
(b) With land and riches.
(c) With a title.
(d) With a new wife.

6. When the lover begins to slow, what does the princess do?
(a) She tells him to go back.
(b) She offers him the vial.
(c) She encourages him to continue.
(d) She yells at him.

7. What does Guigemar tie around her?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A belt.
(c) A rope.
(d) A girdle.

8. What reputation does Lanval soon gain?
(a) For being a coward and uncertain.
(b) For being rich and attractive.
(c) For being brave and mighty.
(d) For being generous and living honorably.

9. What does the knight give his lover?
(a) A kiss.
(b) A small vial of potion to hold until he needs it.
(c) A big hug.
(d) A letter.

10. What does the woman fear?
(a) It is only a trick.
(b) After a while he will find another woman.
(c) He will kill her husband.
(d) He is cruel.

11. Impressed by the creature's apparent intelligence, what does the king do?
(a) He makes him a knight.
(b) He spares its life and takes Bisclavret back to his castle to live.
(c) He helps him find his clothes.
(d) He makes him an act in the circus.

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

13. Does the lover listen to the princess's advice?
(a) Yes.
(b) Not at first.
(c) Initially.
(d) No.

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

15. What would happen if Bisclavret could not find his clothes?
(a) He would need new clothes.
(b) He would remain a werewolf forever.
(c) He would be embarrassed.
(d) He would be naked.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the woman's husband returns, what does the king do?

2. Why does the princess refuse to elope?

3. Near a high mountain is what city?

4. Trapped, what does Bisclavret do?

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

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