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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 accuse Sir Gawain of failing?
(a) On the day he left the castle.
(b) The thrid day.
(c) On the day he accepted the vow.
(d) On the day he entered his castle.

2. What does the Green Knight say Sir Gawain wears of his?
(a) His "bind."
(b) His "color."
(c) His "hue."
(d) His "weed."

3. What type of food is the narrator of "Pearl" fed in stanza eight?
(a) Heaven-sent.
(b) Earthen.
(c) Celestial.
(d) White.

4. According to "Sir Orfeo," what do most men sing about?
(a) Bravery.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Quests.

5. Who does Pearl tell the narrator to seek as his friend?
(a) God.
(b) No one.
(c) Her.
(d) Earth.

6. Where does the king take Lady Heurodis to before telling her to be at the tree the following day?
(a) A river.
(b) His castle.
(c) A cavern.
(d) Heaven.

7. How many man does Sir Orfeo take with him on the day the king is to return for Lady Heurodis?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

8. What kind of cliff does the narrator of "Pearl" say "beams in splendour"?
(a) Diamond.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Crystal.

9. In stanza thirty-two of "Pearl," what does the narrator say that God forbids "we" to be?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) In love.
(d) Sad.

10. According to stanza nineteen of "Pearl," what was unable to declare the girl's beauty?
(a) Soul.
(b) Heart.
(c) Tongue.
(d) Head.

11. What kind of tree does Lady Heurodis fall asleep under?
(a) A grafted tree.
(b) A fallen tree.
(c) A powerful tree.
(d) A weeping tree.

12. According to Pearl in the twenty-seventh stanza, where will the narrator find a lair?
(a) In dust.
(b) In her arms.
(c) In clay.
(d) In wind.

13. Where does the narrator say that Paradise is in stanza twelve of "Pearl"?
(a) "Across those banks was yonder laid."
(b) "Here, now, I am in it."
(c) "Too far to be close."
(d) "Across a divide too far to bear."

14. While the narrator of "Pearl" stares at the girl, what does he compare himself to?
(a) An owl.
(b) A snake.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A bear.

15. Who is the Queen of Courtesy?
(a) Pearl's mother.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Mary.
(d) Eve.

Short Answer Questions

1. After "the lord" leaves Sir Gawain to find the Green Chapel, who does Sir Gawain say he has the protection of?

2. What does Sir Orfeo say he would rather lose than his wife?

3. What does Christ "bade" the narrator of "Pearl" to do in stanza five?

4. What does the narrator's "precious pearl" fail to have?

5. What does Sir Gawain ask the Green Knight to "deal" him?

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