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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. Where does Pearl say is wrong with the narrator's mind?
(a) He is going mad.
(b) He is too forgetful.
(c) He lost his mind when he lost his pearl.
(d) He is remembering wrong.

2. Where does Sir Orfeo hide during bad weather?
(a) In a tree.
(b) In an abandoned hut.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a wagon.

3. Who sings of "many a marvelous thing" in line three of "Sir Orfeo"?
(a) Minstrals.
(b) Harpers.
(c) Birds.
(d) Kings.

4. How many knights does the "king" bring with him after Lady Heurodis refuses to see him?
(a) 80.
(b) 70.
(c) Over a hundred.
(d) 40.

5. What does the narrator's "precious pearl" fail to have?
(a) "Purity."
(b) "Luster."
(c) "Sin. "
(d) A "spot."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sir Orfeo a king?

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

3. How many damsels go to get Lady Heurodis and bring her back to the castle after her nap?

4. When Sir Gawain finds an old cavern, covered in green patches, who does he say lives there?

5. According to "Sir Orfeo," what do most men sing about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sir Gawain say as he leaves "the lord's" castle for the Green Chapel?

2. Describe the gown worn by Pearl.

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

4. What does Pearl say will happen if the narrator accepts God's plan for him?

5. Why is the Green Knight green?

6. What does Sir Gawain do with the silk belt on the morning he leaves for the Green Chapel?

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

8. Why does Sir Orfeo leave his kingdom with only a beggar's cloak?

9. What happens when Sir Orfeo plays his harp in the woods?

10. What does the "Pearl" narrator see at the base of the crystal cliff?

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