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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Gawain call the "chapel"?
(a) Chapel of evil.
(b) Chapel of misfortune.
(c) Chapel of mischance.
(d) Chapel of sin.

2. What color is the gown that the child wears in stanza fourteen of "Pearl"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Gold.
(c) White.
(d) Pearl.

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

4. What winds wrestle with the sun during the fall?
(a) Etesian.
(b) Welkin.
(c) Foehn.
(d) Euros.

5. What does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain to do instead of go to the Green Chapel?
(a) "Pray hard."
(b) Go back to Arthur.
(c) Go to "some other country."
(d) Come back to his castle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do "the lord" and Sir Gawain promise to give to each other?

3. What does Sir Gawain ask the Green Knight to "restrain thee to"?

4. After he finds out that the Green Knight knows his secret, what does Sir Gawain hold in his heart?

5. Who is responsible for the color of the Green Knight?

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