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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What jewel does the Green Knight say is the most highly prized?
(a) The ruby.
(b) The diamond.
(c) The emerald.
(d) The pearl.

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

5. Where does Sir Orfeo's father "come" from?
(a) King Orion.
(b) King Jupiter.
(c) King Mars.
(d) King Pluto.

6. What does Pearl tell the narrator to do while in "weal and woe"?
(a) Pity himself.
(b) Cry out in anger.
(c) Cross himself.
(d) Fall down and cry.

7. Who is responsible for the color of the Green Knight?
(a) Morgan le Fay.
(b) Bertilak de Hautdesert's wife.
(c) All of these.
(d) "The Lord's" wife.

8. When the Green Knight hesitates at his second blow, what does Sir Gawain call him?
(a) A "lusty fiend."
(b) A "coward."
(c) A "lusty coward."
(d) A "lusty man."

9. What does Sir Gawain call the "chapel"?
(a) Chapel of evil.
(b) Chapel of misfortune.
(c) Chapel of sin.
(d) Chapel of mischance.

10. What does Sir Gawain ask the Green Knight to "deal" him?
(a) His destiny.
(b) His fate.
(c) His card.
(d) His death-blow.

11. What does the "Pearl" narrator say "was present, I did surmise"?
(a) A maiden.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A princess.
(d) A queen.

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

13. What takes Lady Heurodis from the tree the knights are guarding?
(a) A lone knight.
(b) Magic.
(c) An elf.
(d) A lion.

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

15. In stanza ten of "Pearl," what does the narrator say fills the pool?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Withered leaves.
(c) Reflections of fall.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saint does Pearl quote in stanza thirty-nine?

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

3. Who is Juno?

4. What has God chosen Pearl to be?

5. What must the narrator of "Pearl" do to get over his sorrow? (Stanza twenty-nine)

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