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Song of Roland Quiz 1

  • 1. The chansons de geste are
    •     long poems in alexandrine verse celebrating French kings
    •     Renaissance-era celebrations of Charlemagne's reign
    •     bawdy tales mixing stories of war with outrageous sexual antics
    •     medieval epic poems in French

  • 2. The Song of Roland is
    •     originally in Latin
    •     considered the greatest <i>chanson de geste</i>
    •     both the oldest surviving poem in French and considered the greatest <i>chanson de geste</i>
    •     the oldest surviving poem in French

  • 3. Most scholars place The Song of Roland's composition around the time of
    •     the First Crusade
    •     the crowning of Charlemagne
    •     the fall of Constantinople to Islam
    •     the early Renaissance

  • 4. A chanson de geste is made up of poetic units called
    •     <i>laisses</i>
    •     sonnets
    •     thrusts
    •     <i>gestes</i>

  • 5. Charlemagne was
    •     a Frankish king of the fifteenth century
    •     a Roman emperor of the fourth century
    •     a Frankish ruler of the eighth and ninth century
    •     a Saxon king of the seventh century

  • 6. The Song of Roland is
    •     a legendary account with some basis in history
    •     full of fanciful predictions of the future, some of which have come true
    •     a faithful historical account
    •     complete fiction

  • 7. During Charlemagne's time, Islam
    •     was a besieged and battered faith, attacked on all sides by valiant Christian kings
    •     was the faith of some of the most advanced and sophisticated kingdoms in the world
    •     both spreading rapidly and was the faith of some of the most advanced and sophisticated kingdoms in the world
    •     spreading rapidly

  • 8. Among the poem's most striking features is/are
    •     elegant, lengthy, developed metaphors
    •     extraordinary empathy for the Moslems
    •     both the use of "parallel <i>laisses</i>" and elegant, lengthy, developed metaphors
    •     the use of "parallel <i>laisses</i>"

  • 9. The chansons de gestes were
    •     written to be performed
    •     elegant, refined, literary creations meant for study in an academic setting
    •     delivered in latin
    •     considered heretical by most French

  • 10. Parataxis is
    •     the historian who wrote Charlemagne's chronicles
    •     juxtaposition of religious imagery and political symbols
    •     placing clauses one after another without conjunctions
    •     the oldest form of theatre

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