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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another name for the pentangle?
(a) The five points.
(b) The endless-knot.
(c) Electrum Magicum.
(d) Grimoire.

2. What does Sir Gawain do when he sees "the lady" sitting on his bed on the first morning of the hunt?
(a) Crosses himself.
(b) Curses.
(c) Kisses her.
(d) Dresses.

3. What realm does Sir Gawain first ride through on his quest to find the Green Knight?
(a) Middleton.
(b) Logres.
(c) Drighton.
(d) Fariers.

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

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

6. Who volunteers to take the Green Knights challenge first?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Sir Bleoberis.
(c) Sir Galahad.
(d) Sir Lancelot.

7. During the feast, what does Queen Guinevere sit upon?
(a) A low pillow.
(b) A chaise.
(c) A high dais.
(d) A silk-coverd bench.

8. Who is the third to volunteer to take the Green Knight's challenge?
(a) There is no third volunteer.
(b) La Cote Male Taile.
(c) Le Bel Desconneu.
(d) Sir Gawain.

9. 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.

10. What does Sir Gawain offer to "the lord" from his own "spoils" from the first day's hunt?
(a) An embrace.
(b) A kiss.
(c) Wine.
(d) Silks.

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

12. What animal do the hunters come across on the third hunting day?
(a) A stag.
(b) A gazelle.
(c) A fox.
(d) A bear.

13. On the third hunting day, what saint does Sir Gawain swear to that he holds no love for any woman?
(a) Mark.
(b) Peter.
(c) Mary.
(d) John.

14. What is the name of the animal that "the lord" brings to Sir Gawain on the third hunting day?
(a) Reynard.
(b) Conner.
(c) Femilus.
(d) Betrayl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise do Sir Gawain and "the lord" make before going to bed on the first day of the hunt?

2. What type of dogs hunt on the first day's hunt?

3. What will the successful knight receive from the Green Knight if he succeeds at trading strikes with the Green Knight?

4. What color glitters from the carpet that Sir Gawain steps upon before he leaves to find the Green Knight?

5. During her visit on the second hunting day, what does "the lady" say that Sir Gawain is the head of?

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