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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's "precious pearl" fail to have?
(a) "Luster."
(b) A "spot."
(c) "Purity."
(d) "Sin. "

2. Whom does "the lord" say will sit with Sir Gawain while he is away?
(a) His best knight.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His advisor.

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

4. What type of dogs hunt on the first day's hunt?
(a) Setters.
(b) Wolfhounds.
(c) Beagles.
(d) Whippets.

5. What saint does Pearl quote in stanza thirty-nine?
(a) Paul.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Peter.
(d) Mark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shoes do the knights place on Sir Gawain's feet?

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

3. In "Pearl," where does the narrator lose his pearl?

4. Why does Sir Gawain refuse to stay at "the lord's" castle longer than he has already?

5. After dressing, and before lunch, in Chapter III, where does Sir Gawain go?

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