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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Green Knight enter the banquet?
(a) After the third course.
(b) After the fourth course.
(c) After the first course.
(d) After the second course.

2. What flies out from the Green Knight's horse's hooves as the Green Knight rode out of Arthur's castle?
(a) Blood.
(b) Green dust.
(c) Green liquid.
(d) Sparks.

3. What happens to the Green Knight's axe after he leaves Arthur's castle beheaded?
(a) Arthur puts it in a chest in his own bedroom.
(b) It is hung in Arthur's castle.
(c) Sir Gawain locks it away.
(d) It disappears.

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

5. What is the first question that the Green Knights asks Sir Gawain?
(a) His age.
(b) What his lineage is.
(c) What his name is.
(d) If he is willing to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moon has come when Sir Gawain begins to think of his quest for the Green Knight?

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

3. What does the Green Knight do with his own head?

4. Who is the third to volunteer to take the Green Knight's challenge?

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

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