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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pearl.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day is the third hunt to fall on?
(a) New Year's Day.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Solomon's Day.
(d) Saul's day.

2. What is the name of the lord whose castle Sir Gawain arrives at after praying to the Blessed Virgin?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Ulric.
(c) He gives no name.
(d) Cloister.

3. On the morning that Sir Gawain leaves, what is the first thing that he asks for?
(a) His armor.
(b) His sword.
(c) The axe.
(d) A blessing.

4. Who does Pearl tell the narrator to seek as his friend?
(a) Her.
(b) God.
(c) Earth.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles away is the Green Chapel from "the lord's" castle?

2. Why does the narrator of "Pearl" say that "I dared not wade"?

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

4. What does "the lady" wish to teach Sir Gawain on the second hunting day?

5. How does the narrator of "Pearl" describe the forehead of the girl he wishes to call to?

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