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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sir Gawain bends in front of the Green Knight to bear his neck, what sign does he refrain from showing?
(a) Honor.
(b) Fear.
(c) Regret.
(d) SIn.

2. What happens as Lady Heurodis awakens from her nap under the tree?
(a) She goes mad.
(b) She cries.
(c) All of these listed.
(d) She wrings her hands.

3. How many damsels go to get Lady Heurodis and bring her back to the castle after her nap?
(a) 60.
(b) 80.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

4. Who is Juno?
(a) King of misery.
(b) King of fear.
(c) King of love.
(d) King of fame.

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

6. What is the last word in "Pearl"?
(a) Love.
(b) Mighty.
(c) God.
(d) Amen.

7. How does the narrator of "Pearl" describe the forehead of the girl he wishes to call to?
(a) Polished ivory.
(b) Golden.
(c) Porcelain.
(d) Marble white.

8. After "the lord" leaves Sir Gawain to find the Green Chapel, who does Sir Gawain say he has the protection of?
(a) Sin.
(b) "The Lady."
(c) God.
(d) Mary.

9. Where does Sir Orfeo immediately go after hearing that Lady Heurodis is gone?
(a) To his chamber.
(b) To the king's castle.
(c) To the tree.
(d) To the river.

10. What color are the horses that the king and all of his court ride on to come to see Lady Heurodis while she rests under the tree?
(a) Golden.
(b) Marbled.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

11. On an early May day, where does Lady Heurodis stroll?
(a) Through a field.
(b) By a great river.
(c) Near the castle in among the olive vines.
(d) In an orchard.

12. What kind of gems does the girl have on her majestic robes in "Pearl"?
(a) Rubys.
(b) Pearls.
(c) Saphires.
(d) Opals.

13. What does Sir Orfeo say has torn Lady Heurodis's face?
(a) Heavens hands.
(b) Birds claws.
(c) Maddness.
(d) Cruel nails.

14. When the king comes to see Lady Heurodis under the tree, what is he crowned with?
(a) A crown of diamonds.
(b) A crown of light.
(c) A crown of rubys.
(d) A crown of emeralds.

15. What does Christ "bade" the narrator of "Pearl" to do in stanza five?
(a) "Be comforted."
(b) "Be fearful."
(c) "Be fast."
(d) "Be light."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Pearl," where does the narrator lose his pearl?

2. What does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain to do instead of go to the Green Chapel?

3. According to stanza nineteen of "Pearl," what was unable to declare the girl's beauty?

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

5. What does Sir Gawain say feels the "Fiend 'tis himself"?

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