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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. How many blasts do the hunters blow on their bugles to call the dogs to the hunt?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. During the first course of the banquet, what instrument plays?
(a) Lutes.
(b) Trumpets.
(c) All of those listed.
(d) Drums.

3. What winds wrestle with the sun during the fall?
(a) Welkin.
(b) Euros.
(c) Foehn.
(d) Etesian.

4. For how many days do the Christmas feasts take place?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

5. What animal do the hunters come across on the third hunting day?
(a) A stag.
(b) A fox.
(c) A gazelle.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Green Knight accuse Sir Gawain of failing?

2. What is the first question that the Green Knights asks Sir Gawain?

3. According to the narrator of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," how many hunters went out on the first hunting day?

4. What color are the Green Knights spurs?

5. What kind of weapon does the man come "from a hole" with?

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