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

2. What does Sir Gawain have in his hand as he approaches the roof of the dwelling?
(a) His lance.
(b) A cross.
(c) His sword.
(d) The axe.

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

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

5. What does Sir Gawain ask the Green Knight to "restrain thee to"?
(a) Humbleness.
(b) Pity.
(c) Pride.
(d) One stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Green Knight say Sir Gawain wears of his?

2. Where is Sir Orfeo a king?

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

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

5. What is the last word in "Pearl"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the gown worn by Pearl.

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