The Retelling of the Song of Roland in Fifteenth-Century Italy

question 11

Multiple Choice

The retelling of the Song of Roland in fifteenth-century Italy differed from the original by its:

• A)setting,which was changed to Italy from Spain.
• B)lack of any suggestion of heroic idealism.
• C)language: the original was in vernacular French and the retelling in Latin.
• D)ending,which had Roland surviving to be rewarded for his heroism by Charlemagne.
• E)use of irony to stress the heroic idealism of Roland.

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