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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. What does the king do to the knight's wife?
(a) He banishes her.
(b) He arrests her.
(c) He tortures the woman until she tells everything.
(d) He has her killed.

2. Who approaches the court?
(a) Three beautiful maidens.
(b) Five beautiful maidens.
(c) Four beautiful maidens.
(d) Two beautiful maidens.

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

4. How does the man respond when his love begs him to drink the potion?
(a) He will drink it.
(b) He does not like the taste of it.
(c) He will later.
(d) He will not.

5. When another woman is chosen to be the lord's wife, what does Le Fresne do?
(a) She leaves Gurun's home.
(b) She hides in her room.
(c) She continues to serve Gurun faithfully.
(d) She begs him to not marry the woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the lover refuse what the princess has to offer?

2. How does Lanval respond when the queen approaches him when he is alone and offers her love to him?

3. What happens when the princess throws herself down next to her love?

4. As Le Fresne grows into womanhood, what happens?

5. When the man's wife is sent to speak to Equitan, what does he do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isolde urge Tristram to do? Why do they weep?

2. What decree does the king send out? Why?

3. Why does the lord consent to marry La Codre?

4. Why does the lady believe that the knight's title is appropriate?

5. How does Lanval end up arrested?

6. How does a knight's wife end up locked away?

7. How do the lovers show their love? What promise do they make to each other?

8. What leads the princess to tell the knight to get a potion from her aunt?

9. What happens when the knight and the princess reach the top of the mountain?

10. What happens when Guigemar first arrives at Meriaduc's castle?

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