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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain that the Green Knight knows nothing about?
(a) Honor.
(b) Faith.
(c) Love.
(d) Mercy.

2. What does Sir Gawain give to "the lord" on the night of the second hunt?
(a) Four kisses.
(b) An education on true love.
(c) Two kisses.
(d) An embrace-twice.

3. What does Sir Gawain offer to "the lord" from his own "spoils" from the first day's hunt?
(a) A kiss.
(b) Silks.
(c) An embrace.
(d) Wine.

4. When Sir Gawain finds an old cavern, covered in green patches, who does he say lives there?
(a) The Green Knight.
(b) Nymphs.
(c) Orcs.
(d) The Devil.

5. What does the Green Knight say Sir Gawain wears of his?
(a) His "bind."
(b) His "hue."
(c) His "color."
(d) His "weed."

Short Answer Questions

1. What flies out from the Green Knight's horse's hooves as the Green Knight rode out of Arthur's castle?

2. What is the name of the last day of the Christmas feast?

3. What prey is forbidden to be slain by "the lord"?

4. During the feast, what does Queen Guinevere sit upon?

5. According to the narrator of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," how many hunters went out on the first hunting day?

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