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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sir Gawain give to "the lady" as a gift to ease her mourning?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A silken scarf.
(c) A coin.
(d) He has nothing to give her.

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

3. Prior to the rooster crowing _________ times, "the lord" left to hunt on the second day.
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

4. How many years has it been, according to a knight after the first day's hunt, since such a grand spoil has been taken at hunting?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

5. On what day does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain he can leave his castle?
(a) New Year's Day.
(b) S. Matthew's Day.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) All Saints' Day.

6. What is the name of the last day of the Christmas feast?
(a) S. Peter's Day.
(b) S. Mark's Day.
(c) S. John's Day.
(d) S. Luke's Day.

7. What does "the lady" wish to teach Sir Gawain on the second hunting day?
(a) Desire.
(b) Gift-giving.
(c) Honesty.
(d) True love.

8. Why does Sir Gawain refuse to tell "the lord" where his "spoils" came from?
(a) It is of no concern to "the lord".
(b) It was not in the bond they made.
(c) Sir Gawain is afraid to tell him.
(d) It is not important.

9. 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 dust.
(c) Green liquid.
(d) Blood.

10. What moon has come when Sir Gawain begins to think of his quest for the Green Knight?
(a) Blue.
(b) Paschal.
(c) Michaelmas.
(d) Hunters.

11. According to the Green Knight, when will the challenging knight receive his strikes?
(a) By surprise.
(b) A year and a day.
(c) In four months time.
(d) Within a fortnight.

12. What color are the Green Knights spurs?
(a) Silver.
(b) Green.
(c) Gold.
(d) Pewter.

13. Why does "the lady" believe that Sir Gawain refuses her last gift to him?
(a) Because it is personal.
(b) Because it looks poor.
(c) Because he does not like her.
(d) Because it is green.

14. What is wound around the Green Knight's axe handle?
(a) Silk.
(b) Thorns.
(c) Lace.
(d) Ivy.

15. What does "the lord" give to Sir Gawain on the night of the second hunt?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A boar's head.
(c) A doe's heart.
(d) A fox's tail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day is the third hunt to fall on?

2. What winds wrestle with the sun during the fall?

3. What does Sir Gawain receive just before he leaves to find the Green Knight?

4. What is the first question that the Green Knights asks Sir Gawain?

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

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