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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What names does the Green Knight say that most men know him by?
(a) The Knight of the Green Chapel.
(b) Simply The Green Knight.
(c) The Knight of the Green Castle.
(d) The knight of the fields.

3. What is another name for the pentangle?
(a) Grimoire.
(b) The five points.
(c) The endless-knot.
(d) Electrum Magicum.

4. On the third hunting day, what saint does Sir Gawain swear to that he holds no love for any woman?
(a) John.
(b) Mary.
(c) Peter.
(d) Mark.

5. What happens to the Green Knight's axe after he leaves Arthur's castle beheaded?
(a) It disappears.
(b) Sir Gawain locks it away.
(c) It is hung in Arthur's castle.
(d) Arthur puts it in a chest in his own bedroom.

6. On what day does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain he can leave his castle?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) All Saints' Day.
(c) New Year's Day.
(d) S. Matthew's Day.

7. What is the name of Sir Gawain's horse?
(a) Secace.
(b) Ceingalad.
(c) Gringalet.
(d) Calibar.

8. Who, according to the text, created the pentangle?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Queen Guinevere.
(d) Saul.

9. Who is the first person that Arthur addresses after the Green Knight leaves his castle beheaded?
(a) Queen Guinevere.
(b) The guards.
(c) Sir Gawain.
(d) Himself.

10. According to the narrator of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," how many hunters went out on the first hunting day?
(a) 100.
(b) 80.
(c) 50.
(d) 200.

11. What does "the lord" wish Sir Gawain to do while he is at his castle?
(a) Find a wife.
(b) Deliver Mass.
(c) Hunt.
(d) Rest.

12. Who is the third to volunteer to take the Green Knight's challenge?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) There is no third volunteer.
(c) Le Bel Desconneu.
(d) La Cote Male Taile.

13. What does "the lord" eat for breakfast on the first morning of his hunt?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Fish.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Sop.

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

15. What promise do Sir Gawain and "the lord" make before going to bed on the first day of the hunt?
(a) They promise to triple their spoils.
(b) They promise to double their spoils.
(c) They make the same promise as before.
(d) They promise to keep their spoils.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal do the hunters come across on the third hunting day?

2. What does Sir Gawain receive from "the lady" as she leaves his room on the first day of the hunt?

3. What does Arthur announce he can do given the Green Knight's visit?

4. What do "the lord" and Sir Gawain promise to give to each other?

5. What is Sir Gawain doing as "the lord" leaves for his hunt?

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