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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day does Sir Gawain leave to find the Green Knight?
(a) All Hallows Day.
(b) Twelfth Day.
(c) All Souls' Day.
(d) Holy Rood Day.

2. What color glitters from the carpet that Sir Gawain steps upon before he leaves to find the Green Knight?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

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

4. According to Pearl in the twenty-seventh stanza, where will the narrator find a lair?
(a) In wind.
(b) In clay.
(c) In dust.
(d) In her arms.

5. What encrusts the circlet on Sir Gawain's helmet?
(a) Rubys.
(b) Emeralds.
(c) Saphires.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "the lord" give to Sir Gawain on the night of the second hunt?

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

3. What is the name of the lord whose castle Sir Gawain arrives at after praying to the Blessed Virgin?

4. What is another name for the pentangle?

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

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