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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What encrusts the circlet on Sir Gawain's helmet?
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Saphires.
(d) Rubys.

2. At the opening of Chapter II of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, what color have the groves turned?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

3. On the morning that Sir Gawain leaves, what is the first thing that he asks for?
(a) The axe.
(b) His sword.
(c) A blessing.
(d) His armor.

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

5. Whom does "the lord" say will sit with Sir Gawain while he is away?
(a) His best knight.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His advisor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Sir Gawain doing as "the lord" leaves for his hunt?

3. On what day does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain he can leave his castle?

4. What does Sir Gawain offer to "the lord" from his own "spoils" from the first day's hunt?

5. According to "the lady" during her visit on the second hunting day, what did she teach Sir Gawain during the first hunting day?

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