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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 princess tell her lover to do?
(a) Talk to her father and work out a compromise.
(b) Go to her aunt for a potion to give him the strength to carry her up the mountain.
(c) Train for the climb.
(d) Climb the mountain.

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

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

4. What happens after these first maidens approach the court?
(a) Another four maidens arrives.
(b) Another three maidens arrives.
(c) Another pair of maidens arrives.
(d) Another five maidens arrives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman convince a knight from a nearby land to do?

2. When are the king's advisers dismayed?

3. How does the lady resolve to kill herself?

4. What does Bisclavret's wife insist on knowing?

5. Does the king agree to this plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the seneschal's wife respond to the king's interests? Why does she respond this way?

2. How does Le Fresne end up being raised by an abbess?

3. Why does a young wife need help?

4. Why does Guilliadun's body end up in a chapel?

5. What does the woman do so she may marry a knight from a nearby land?

6. How does the woman learn that Le Fresne is her lost daughter?

7. What happens when Equitan falls in love?

8. Why is Tristram hiding in the woods?

9. What happens when Guigemar goes hunting?

10. What does Tristram do with a stick of hazel?

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