The Lais of Marie de France Quizzes

The Lais of Marie de France Quiz 1

By Stephen Cedars · Edited by Alice Cullina · Last reviewed July 20, 2012

1 What reason does Marie give for feeling obligated to tell stories?

She is a woman.

She has been ordered to do so.

She is bored with her life.

She has the gift of eloquence.
2 Who was Marie de France?

An Abbess.

Her identity is a mystery.

A man who wrote as a woman.

Illegitimate sister of the English King.
3 Who was the audience for Marie's lays?

She wrote for herself.

Peasantry

Anyone

Nobility
4 In "Guigemar," why is the hero not initially married?

He has been cursed.

He has no interest in love.

He has sworn his life to God.

He is homosexual.
5 How is Guigemar injured?

By an attacking army

By a magical deer

By a thunderstorm

By his own arrow
6 How does Guigemar cross the sea?

He swims.

He doesn't know, he just wakes up there.

On a magical boat

He books passage on a sailor ship.
7 Where does Guigemar's beloved live?

In a hidden tower

In an isolated enclosure

Deep in the woods

With her husband
8 What is it that ultimately frees Guigemar from the deer's curse?

Suffering

Infatuation

Lust

Magic
9 How does Guigemar secure his beloved's loyalty?

He ties a knot in her blouse.

A magic spell

He entrusts her attendant to spy on her.

He attaches a chastity belt to her.
10 How does Guigemar's beloved ensure his loyalty?

She traps him in a tower.

A magic spell

She ties a knot in his shirt.

She trusts his attendant to spy on him.
11 Who finds Guigemar's beloved when she lands in Brittany?

Meriaduc

Her husband

Guigemar

A hermit
12 How does Guigemar rescue his beloved?

He wins her in a tournament.

He begs the king for mercy.

He fights with Meriaduc's enemies against Meriaduc..

A magic spell
13 How does Marie describe Guigemar's disinterest in love?

"A grevious wrong"

"What made him noblest of all"

"A thing not unlike others"

"A choice worthy of tears"
14 What helps explain Marie's approval of the love between Guigemar and his beloved?

It is ordained by magic.

It is selfless.

It follows the rules of chivalry.

It is carried out in secret.
15 What is ironic about the lady's chamber in "Guigemar?"

The paintings of Venus

The ornate bed

The trust between lady and attendant

The books on courtly love
16 What realm is Equitan lord of?

Brittany

Ireland

Nantes

Acquitaine
17 Who does Equitan wrong?

The seneschal's wife

His wife

His knights

The seneschal
18 What argument does the seneschal's wife make against the affair?

They do not love one another.

She is married.

He is married.

They are unequal in rank.
19 Why do the villains plot the seneschal's death?

He is becoming suspicious.

He has betrayed the king.

Equitan must soon marry.

They despise him.
20 How will the seneschal die, according to the plan?

Boiling water

Falling rocks

A poison

In battle
21 How does Equitan die?

A poison

Falling rocks

Boiling water

In battle
22 What moral does Marie give in "Equitan?"

"Be careful what you desire"

"Love has its glory, but also its darkness."

"We are who we are, and that cannot be remedied."

"Evil can easily rebound on he who seeks another's misfortune"
23 What helps explain Marie's disapproval of the love between Equitan and the seneschal's wife?

It is between people of different ranks.

It is not conducted in moderation.

It does not follow the values of chivalry.

It is selfish.
24 How does "Equitan" condemn chivalrous values?

Boiling water is a common theme of chivalry.

Equitan is a model of chivalry.

The lady reads courtly poems.

The paintings show a distaste for chivalry.
25 What is Equitan's biggest lapse?

Too little self-knowledge

Lack of loyalty

His distrust of women

Adultery

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