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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wound around the Green Knight's axe handle?
(a) Lace.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Silk.
(d) Thorns.

2. What prey is forbidden to be slain by "the lord"?
(a) Foxes.
(b) HInds.
(c) Does.
(d) Bucks.

3. Why does Sir Gawain accept the gift from "the lady" on the third hunting day?
(a) She says it will anger her if he does not accept it.
(b) She says she has another,
(c) She says it will protect him.
(d) She balckmails him.

4. How many blows does Arthur tell Sir Gawain to give to the Green Knight?
(a) 25- the same number as kinghts at the Round Table.
(b) Three.
(c) As many as it takes to "fell" him.
(d) Only one.

5. When does the Green Knight enter the banquet?
(a) After the fourth course.
(b) After the second course.
(c) After the third course.
(d) After the first course.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Gawain give to "the lady" as a gift to ease her mourning?

2. What kind of wound does Sir Gawain receive from the Green Knight's "hammer-swing" blow?

3. How many years has it been, according to a knight after the first day's hunt, since such a grand spoil has been taken at hunting?

4. What winds wrestle with the sun during the fall?

5. After the Green Knight tells Arthur's court of his challenge, what color do his eyes gleam?

(see the answer key)

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