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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do these women do for Guigemar?

2. Who falls in love with Le Fresne and convinces her to come away with him?

3. Giugemar does what if he will let him have the lady?

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

5. With whose wife does Equitan fall in love?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tristram hiding in the woods?

2. How does Lanval meet the love of his life?

3. What does Bisclavret do when he turns into a werewolf? What does his wife insist on knowing about her husband?

4. Who comes to this woman's rescue?

5. Why do a knight and his neighbor's wife send messages and gifts to each other?

6. What is odd about Lanval and this woman's love?

7. How does Eliduc fall in love with Guilliadun?

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

9. What does the husband do with the nightingale?

10. What happens when the king learns what has happened to Bisclavret?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

These stories reflect beliefs, ideals, and conflict during the time in which the stories are written.

Part 1) How do these stories reflect the time in which they were written?

Part 2) How are they relevant to readers of that time?

Part 3) How are these stories relevant today? Will they continue to be relevant? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Bird imagery is found in several stories.

Part 1) Describe this bird imagery. What is the purpose of the birds in each story?

Part 2) Why might the author have chosen birds?

Part 3) What do birds symbolize today? How might this affect your interpretation of these stories?

Essay Topic 3

There is a theme of what goes around comes around.

Part 1) How is this a theme? What is meant by this?

Part 2) Is this theme relevant today? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might knowledge of this theme affect one's behavior?

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