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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman's lover do with what she has sent him?
(a) He reads it every night to her out the window.
(b) He makes a jeweled box to hold the body of the nightingale.
(c) He wears it for the rest of his life.
(d) He kisses her picture every day.

2. What happens the night before the tournament?
(a) The king requests the service of all his knights.
(b) A battle breaks out among all the knights who have assembled.
(c) The woman cancels the tournament.
(d) The knights are all killed.

3. How do the knight and his lover manage to send messages and gifts to each other?
(a) She writes him letters.
(b) She sends gifts with her servants.
(c) She is able to see him in his house from her bedroom window.
(d) She visits his home every day.

4. What does Tristram do to express the joy he felt at seeing his love again?
(a) He leaves the kingdom.
(b) He proposes to her.
(c) He composes a lai.
(d) He sends her poems.

5. What does the woman send to her lover?
(a) A magic ring and a note explaining what has happened.
(b) The body of the nightingale and a note explaining what has happened.
(c) A poem and a note explaining what has happened.
(d) A picture of herself and a note explaining what has happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eliduc leave the kingdom?

2. Why is the wife distraught?

3. The lady gets out of bed every night to do what?

4. What is the problem regarding the lady's courtship?

5. For how long does the knight carry the gift his lover has sent him?

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