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

2. How does Sir Orfeo say that Lady Heurodis looks at him, while he is standing next to her bed?
(a) As a mirage.
(b) As a foe.
(c) As a lover.
(d) As a healer.

3. What does Sir Orfeo say he would rather lose than his wife?
(a) His kingdom.
(b) His life.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His child.

4. What does Lady Heurodis want to hear during her May stroll?
(a) Birds.
(b) Wind.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Earth.

5. In "Sir Orfeo," what instrument is taken "in delight" to make a lay and "named it right?
(a) Drums.
(b) Flutes.
(c) Harps.
(d) Lyres.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sir Gawain refuse to heed "the lord's" advice?

2. In stanza ten of "Pearl," what does the narrator say fills the pool?

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

4. What happens as Lady Heurodis awakens from her nap under the tree?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the gown worn by Pearl.

5. How is the narrator's pearl compared to Jerusalem's Lamb?

6. Why is the Green Knight green?

7. What does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain will happen if he goes to the Green Chapel?

8. When Lady Heurodis disappears, what does Sir Orfeo do?

9. What does Sir Gawain do on New Year's day as he rises?

10. Since losing the pearl, what has the "Pearl" narrator done?

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