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A PROPER TREWE IDYLL OF CAMELOT.

by Eugene Field.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What structural device does Field use to open 'A Proper Trewe Idyll of Camelot,' mimicking medieval literary convention?

Q02of 10

When the exhausted horseman bursts into the tournament ring, what does his warning ultimately turn out to be misleading about?

Q03of 10

The extended description of the Western stranger's eye compares it to all of the following EXCEPT:

Q04of 10

What is the primary comic effect of King Arthur misunderstanding the stranger's reply to 'what you are hight'?

Q05of 10

Which technique best describes Field's use of pseudo-archaic spelling throughout the poem?

Q06of 10

What does the stranger drink during the banquet while all others indulge in mixed wines and ales?

Q07of 10

The lengthy moralizing stanza about drunkenness that interrupts the narrative primarily serves what tonal purpose?

Q08of 10

In the poem's conclusion, what reason does the 'damosel ye straunger called ye crow' give for not departing with the other women?

Q09of 10

Guinevere's parting message — that the ladies have gone to make 'a little deal' — alludes to what real-world institution to comic effect?

Q10of 10

In Béranger's 'Ma Vocation' as translated in this collection, what single repeated consolation sustains the speaker through poverty, humiliation, and old age?

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