La Chanson de Roland: Reading Quiz

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  1. What is the name of the manuscript of the Chanson that is considered the most reliable and complete?
    Bodleian
    Digby
    Turoldus
    AOI
  2. When do scholars believe that the events narrated in the Chanson occur?
    8th cenury
    7th century
    10th century
    9th century
  3. In which of the timev periods do scholars believe that the Chanson were written or transcribed?
    8th–9th century
    9th–10th century
    10th–11th century
    11th–12th century
  4. Which of the following is the Enlish word for chanson?
    Jest
    Song
    Story
    Saga
  5. Who is the king of the French in the Chanson?
    Ganelon
    Roland
    Charlemagne
    Marsile
  6. Who are the enemies of the French in the Chanson?
    Muslims
    Spanish
    Franks
    English
  7. What is the name of the city where the enemies of the French have retreated?
    Marsile
    Roncesvalles
    Madrid
    Saragosa
  8. Who is the hero of the Chanson?
    Ganelon
    Roland
    Charlemagne
    Marsile
  9. In which modern-day country do the primary events of the Chanson occur?
    Spain
    France
    Italy
    The Netherlands
  10. Who is the traitor in the Chanson?
    Ganelon
    Marsile
    Roland
    Baligant
  11. What is the significance of Roncevaux Pass?
    It is where the battle involving Roland and Ganelon occured.
    It is where the Muslim king Marsile had retreated to.
    It is where Charlemagne had established the center of his kingdom.
  12. Where is Roncevaux Pass located?
    France
    Spain
    Portugal
    Italy
  13. How was the Chanson delivered to people of that time?
    People read it as a book or pamphlet.
    It was chanted by a choir.
    It was sung by a minstrel.
  14. Which of the following verse forms does the Chanson used?
    Rhyming couplets
    Assonance
    Free verse (no rhyme or assonance)
    Dodecasyllabic (12 syllable) French alexandrine
  15. Which of the following is a correct example of the verse form used in the Chanson?
    Assonance:
    King Marsilies he lay at Sarraguce,
    Went he his way into an orchard cool;
    There on a throne he sate, of marble blue,
    Round him his men, full twenty thousand, stood.
    Rhyme:
    King Marsilies he lay at Sarraguce,
    Went he his way into an orchard cool;
    There on a throne he sate, of marble blue,
    Round him his men, full twenty thousand, stood.
    Free verse:
    King Marsilies he lay at Sarraguce,
    Went he his way into an orchard cool;
    There on a throne he sate, of marble blue,
    Round him his men, full twenty thousand, stood.
    French alexandrine:
    King Marsilies he lay at Sarraguce,
    Went he his way into an orchard cool;
    There on a throne he sate, of marble blue,
    Round him his men, full twenty thousand, stood.

   

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