La Chanson de Roland

Question 1

chanson de geste

Answer 1

an epic poem relating the heroic feats of a knight

Question 2

when were the chansons de geste written

Answer 2

the Middle Ages or the 11th century

Question 3

what was the cause of the knights of the chansons de gestes

Answer 3

to convert the Sarassins to Christianity or to kill them

Question 4

the author of chanson de roland is

Answer 4

anonymous

Question 5

the chanson de roland is a true event whihc took place in what century

Answer 5

8th century

Question 6

who was roland

Answer 6

charlamagne’s nephew

Question 7

who was charlamagne

Answer 7

leader of the Christian world and the French armies

Question 8

who was Olivier

Answer 8

Roland’s best friend

Question 9

Depuis combien de temps est-ce que charlamagne faisait la guerre contre les Sarrasins

Answer 9

sept ans

Question 10

ou est-ce qu’il faisait la guerre

Answer 10

en Espagne

Question 11

Qui est Marsile

Answer 11

Le roi de Saragosse et il etait Musulman

Question 12

Quel etait le probleme entre Charlamagne et Marsile

Answer 12

Marsile etait Musulman et Charlamagne etait Chretien. Charlamagne n’aime pas Musulmans

Question 13

Qui etait la messenger de Marsile

Answer 13

Blancandrin

Question 14

Qui etait la messenger de Charlamagne

Answer 14

Ganelon

Question 15

Est-ce que Ganelon a trahi Charlemagne

Answer 15

oui, parce que Ganelon change de equipes.

Question 16

who volunteered to be the messenger

Answer 16

Roland and Olivier

Question 17

who did not want to be the messenger

Answer 17

Ganelon

Question 18

did ganelon travel alone to the sarassins camp

Answer 18

yes

Question 19

Marsile threatened to hang Ganelon

Answer 19

no

Question 20

marsile wants to kill roland

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

roland is the head of the arriere-garde

Answer 21

yes

Question 22

ganelon returns to charlamagne in a good mood

Answer 22

yes

Question 23

charlamagne returns to france the day after ganelon returned

Answer 23

yes

Question 24

the french army retreated quickly

Answer 24

yes

Question 25

Marsile ordered his soldiers to capture the rear guard

Answer 25

yes

Question 26

roland has 40,000 soldiers

Answer 26

no marsile has 40,000 men

Question 27

Roncevaux is the youngest knight

Answer 27

no it is a camp

Question 28

olivier realizes ganelon betrayed them

Answer 28

yes

Question 29

olivier wants roland to attack the sarrasins

Answer 29

no

Question 30

roland blows his magic horn

Answer 30

no he did not want to look like a coward

Question 31

roland did not want to look like a coward in front of others

Answer 31

yes

Question 32

what is magical about roland's horn

Answer 32

charlamagne will be able to hear it

Question 33

roland killed the giant Grandoine

Answer 33

yes

Question 34

olivier took the horn and blew it

Answer 34

no roland blew it

Question 35

ganelon pretended not to hear the horn

Answer 35

no

Question 36

charlamagne was the one who figured out Ganelon betrayed them

Answer 36

no it was olivier

Question 37

the army went back to help roland

Answer 37

yes

Question 38

who interrupts ganelon's conversation

Answer 38

naismes

Question 39

what does naismes say

Answer 39

not to trust ganelon because he betrayed them

Question 40

roland smashed the heads of the sarassins like what fruit

Answer 40

apples

Question 41

who attacked king marsile

Answer 41

roland

Question 42

what injury did he sustain

Answer 42

his hand got cut off

Question 43

what caused olivier to die

Answer 43

got stabbed in the back

Question 44

who were the members of the arriere-garde that remained

Answer 44

Roland, Gautier, and Turpin

Question 45

how many sarrasins remained

Answer 45

50,000

Question 46

in the last effort what did the remaining soldiers do

Answer 46

charged the enemies

Question 47

how did charlamagne let roland know he was on his way

Answer 47

he had 60,000 men blow their horns

Question 48

what did roland attempt to do right before his death

Answer 48

break his sword on a rock so the sarrasins couldn't get it but instead he broke the rock

Question 49

how did Turpin die

Answer 49

his wounds were too serious and he died

Question 50

how did Roland die

Answer 50

he went to pray at a tree and he died

Question 51

what happened when charlamagne arrived

Answer 51

the battlefield was covered in blood of the corpses. No one knew how many had died

Question 52

what did charlamagne do in the tent

Answer 52

he began to cry over Roland's death

Question 53

how did marsile die

Answer 53

he died after hearing the news of the battle

Question 54

what happened to the corpses of roland, olivier, and turpin

Answer 54

they were returned to france to be buried

Question 55

why did the ceremony not last long

Answer 55

because Charlamagne hated what Ganelon did and wanted to go the Aix to judge Ganelon

Question 56

what was the judgement of god

Answer 56

two men have to fight to the death and if Ganelon's men loses he is declared guilty of betrayal

Question 57

who was fighting for ganelon

Answer 57

Ganelon's cousin, Pinabel

Question 58

who won pinabel or thierry

Answer 58

thierry

Question 59

what happened after thierry won

Answer 59

ganelon was proven guilty and was killed