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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Pearl," where does the narrator lose his pearl?
(a) In a field.
(b) In the ocean.
(c) In a garden.
(d) In the forest.

5. What type of food is the narrator of "Pearl" fed in stanza eight?
(a) White.
(b) Celestial.
(c) Heaven-sent.
(d) Earthen.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the morning that Sir Gawain leaves, what is the first thing that he asks for?

2. Who is the Queen of Courtesy?

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

4. What does the narrator of "Pearl" say came "in secret hour"?

5. How many years has it been, according to a knight after the first day's hunt, since such a grand spoil has been taken at hunting?

(see the answer key)

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