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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the third stanza of "Pearl," what color do blossoms pale?
(a) Blue and red.
(b) White and blue.
(c) Violet and yellow.
(d) Yellow and green.

4. What does the narrator of "Pearl" call himself in stanza twenty-one?
(a) Forelorn father.
(b) Joyless jeweler.
(c) Void victim.
(d) Sorrowful sinner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of cliff does the narrator of "Pearl" say "beams in splendour"?

2. Where does the king take Lady Heurodis to before telling her to be at the tree the following day?

3. Where does Sir Orfeo hide during bad weather?

4. What does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain that the Green Knight knows nothing about?

5. What does Sir Orfeo say has torn Lady Heurodis's face?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Green Knight get angry at Sir Gawain when he delivers his first blow to Sir Gawain?

2. According to Pearl, why has God called her?

3. What does "the lord" say regarding his refusal to accompany Sir Gawain to the chapel?

4. What does Pearl say happens to all whom enter the kingdom of God?

5. According to Chapter IV of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," what is happening as New Year's draws near?

6. Why is the narrator of "Pearl" concerned with resigning to die?

7. Upon entering the faerie king's castle, what does Sir Orfeo see?

8. Why do Sir Orfeo's grandparents possess the names that they do?

9. According to "Sir Orfeo," where did lays come from?

10. Describe the gown worn by Pearl.

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