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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 it will protect him.
(c) She says she has another,
(d) She balckmails him.

2. According to "the lady" during her visit on the second hunting day, what did she teach Sir Gawain during the first hunting day?
(a) To lie.
(b) To embrace.
(c) To give.
(d) To kiss.

3. Where does Pearl say is wrong with the narrator's mind?
(a) He is too forgetful.
(b) He is going mad.
(c) He is remembering wrong.
(d) He lost his mind when he lost his pearl.

4. During the summer, what kind of winds blows lightly on the seeds and herbs?
(a) Zephyr.
(b) Grigale.
(c) Vardar.
(d) Chamsin.

5. Prior to the rooster crowing _________ times, "the lord" left to hunt on the second day.
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sir Gawain's horse?

2. What must the narrator of "Pearl" do to get over his sorrow? (Stanza twenty-nine)

3. What does Sir Gawain offer to "the lord" from his own "spoils" from the first day's hunt?

4. What does the narrator of "Pearl" call himself in stanza twenty-one?

5. On what day does Sir Gawain leave to find the Green Knight?

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