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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 image, other than the pentangle, does Sir Gawain have on his shield?
(a) The image of Christ.
(b) The image of the crucifixion.
(c) The image of the Cross.
(d) The image of Our Lady.

2. What does Sir Gawain receive from "the lady" as she leaves his room on the first day of the hunt?
(a) A silk scarf.
(b) A kiss.
(c) A coin.
(d) An embrace.

3. How many miles away is the Green Chapel from "the lord's" castle?
(a) Half a mile.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. How many blasts do the hunters blow on their bugles to call the dogs to the hunt?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. Who, according to the text, created the pentangle?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Saul.
(d) Queen Guinevere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to the rooster crowing _________ times, "the lord" left to hunt on the second day.

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

3. On the morning that Sir Gawain leaves, what is the first thing that he asks for?

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

5. What is wound around the Green Knight's axe handle?

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