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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Green Knight request to receive his blow?
(a) That very day.
(b) In a fortnight.
(c) In three days.
(d) In one year from today.

2. 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) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

3. What is the name of Sir Gawain's horse?
(a) Ceingalad.
(b) Gringalet.
(c) Secace.
(d) Calibar.

4. 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.

5. What winds wrestle with the sun during the fall?
(a) Foehn.
(b) Welkin.
(c) Euros.
(d) Etesian.

6. During the summer, what kind of winds blows lightly on the seeds and herbs?
(a) Grigale.
(b) Zephyr.
(c) Chamsin.
(d) Vardar.

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

8. When he first enters Arthur's castle, what is the Green Knight holding in one of his hands?
(a) A holly-bough.
(b) A rose.
(c) A green shield.
(d) A green sword.

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

10. Who is the host of the Christmas celebration at the opening of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
(a) Sir Gawain.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Queen Guinevere.
(d) The Green Knight.

11. What dos the "lady of the castle" bring to Sir Gawain on his first night?
(a) Meat.
(b) Wine.
(c) Bread.
(d) Grains.

12. What kind of shoes do the knights place on Sir Gawain's feet?
(a) Pewter.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Steel.
(d) Gold.

13. What promise do Sir Gawain and "the lord" make before going to bed on the first day of the hunt?
(a) They promise to keep their spoils.
(b) They make the same promise as before.
(c) They promise to triple their spoils.
(d) They promise to double their spoils.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what day does Sir Gawain leave to find the Green Knight?

3. What gift does Sir Gawain refuse from "the lady" on the third hunting day?

4. What does "the lord" wish Sir Gawain to do while he is at his castle?

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

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