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La Chanson de Roland Flashcards

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1
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chanson de geste

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an epic poem relating the heroic feats of a knight

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when were the chansons de geste written

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the Middle Ages or the 11th century

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

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to convert the Sarassins to Christianity or to kill them

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the author of chanson de roland is

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anonymous

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

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8th century

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who was roland

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charlamagne’s nephew

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who was charlamagne

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leader of the Christian world and the French armies

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who was Olivier

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Roland’s best friend

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

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sept ans

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ou est-ce qu’il faisait la guerre

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en Espagne

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Qui est Marsile

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Le roi de Saragosse et il etait Musulman

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Quel etait le probleme entre Charlamagne et Marsile

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

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Qui etait la messenger de Marsile

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Blancandrin

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Qui etait la messenger de Charlamagne

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Ganelon

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Est-ce que Ganelon a trahi Charlemagne

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oui, parce que Ganelon change de equipes.

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16
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who volunteered to be the messenger

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Roland and Olivier

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who did not want to be the messenger

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Ganelon

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18
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did ganelon travel alone to the sarassins camp

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yes

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19
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Marsile threatened to hang Ganelon

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no

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20
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marsile wants to kill roland

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yes

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21
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roland is the head of the arriere-garde

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yes

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22
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ganelon returns to charlamagne in a good mood

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yes

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23
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charlamagne returns to france the day after ganelon returned

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yes

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24
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the french army retreated quickly

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yes

25
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Marsile ordered his soldiers to capture the rear guard

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yes

26
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roland has 40,000 soldiers

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no marsile has 40,000 men

27
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Roncevaux is the youngest knight

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no it is a camp

28
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olivier realizes ganelon betrayed them

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yes

29
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olivier wants roland to attack the sarrasins

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no

30
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roland blows his magic horn

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no he did not want to look like a coward

31
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roland did not want to look like a coward in front of others

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yes

32
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what is magical about roland’s horn

A

charlamagne will be able to hear it

33
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roland killed the giant Grandoine

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yes

34
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olivier took the horn and blew it

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no roland blew it

35
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ganelon pretended not to hear the horn

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no

36
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charlamagne was the one who figured out Ganelon betrayed them

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no it was olivier

37
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the army went back to help roland

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yes

38
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who interrupts ganelon’s conversation

A

naismes

39
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what does naismes say

A

not to trust ganelon because he betrayed them

40
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roland smashed the heads of the sarassins like what fruit

A

apples

41
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who attacked king marsile

A

roland

42
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what injury did he sustain

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his hand got cut off

43
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what caused olivier to die

A

got stabbed in the back

44
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who were the members of the arriere-garde that remained

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Roland, Gautier, and Turpin

45
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how many sarrasins remained

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50,000

46
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in the last effort what did the remaining soldiers do

A

charged the enemies

47
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how did charlamagne let roland know he was on his way

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he had 60,000 men blow their horns

48
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what did roland attempt to do right before his death

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

49
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how did Turpin die

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his wounds were too serious and he died

50
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how did Roland die

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he went to pray at a tree and he died

51
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what happened when charlamagne arrived

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

52
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what did charlamagne do in the tent

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he began to cry over Roland’s death

53
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how did marsile die

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he died after hearing the news of the battle

54
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what happened to the corpses of roland, olivier, and turpin

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they were returned to france to be buried

55
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why did the ceremony not last long

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

56
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what was the judgement of god

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

57
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who was fighting for ganelon

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Ganelon’s cousin, Pinabel

58
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who won pinabel or thierry

A

thierry

59
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what happened after thierry won

A

ganelon was proven guilty and was killed

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