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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. While Sir Gawain is riding away, what do his well-wishers say he should be deemed?
(a) A marquis.
(b) A duke.
(c) A king.
(d) A baron.

2. What will the successful knight receive from the Green Knight if he succeeds at trading strikes with the Green Knight?
(a) His wife.
(b) An axe.
(c) A magic shield.
(d) His castle.

3. What do "the lord" and Sir Gawain promise to give to each other?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Anything they obtain during the day.
(d) Wealth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What dos the "lady of the castle" bring to Sir Gawain on his first night?

2. How many miles away is the Green Chapel from "the lord's" castle?

3. Whom does "the lord" say will sit with Sir Gawain while he is away?

4. What is another name for the pentangle?

5. What is the name of Sir Gawain's horse?

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