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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pearl.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sir Gawain receive just before he leaves to find the Green Knight?
(a) Oils.
(b) Mass.
(c) Meats.
(d) Wine.

3. What realm does Sir Gawain first ride through on his quest to find the Green Knight?
(a) Drighton.
(b) Logres.
(c) Middleton.
(d) Fariers.

4. What do "the lord" and Sir Gawain promise to give to each other?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Anything they obtain during the day.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Happiness.

5. According to stanza nineteen of "Pearl," what was unable to declare the girl's beauty?
(a) Soul.
(b) Head.
(c) Tongue.
(d) Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise do Sir Gawain and "the lord" make before going to bed on the first day of the hunt?

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

3. What type of food is the narrator of "Pearl" fed in stanza eight?

4. What encrusts the circlet on Sir Gawain's helmet?

5. Why does Sir Gawain refuse to tell "the lord" where his "spoils" came from?

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