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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Sir Gawain's horse?
(a) Calibar.
(b) Secace.
(c) Ceingalad.
(d) Gringalet.

2. Who is the host of the Christmas celebration at the opening of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
(a) Arthur.
(b) The Green Knight.
(c) Queen Guinevere.
(d) Sir Gawain.

3. Who is responsible for the color of the Green Knight?
(a) All of these.
(b) Bertilak de Hautdesert's wife.
(c) Morgan le Fay.
(d) "The Lord's" wife.

4. What happens to the Green Knight's axe after he leaves Arthur's castle beheaded?
(a) It is hung in Arthur's castle.
(b) Sir Gawain locks it away.
(c) It disappears.
(d) Arthur puts it in a chest in his own bedroom.

5. Given that the Green Knight and Sir Gawain are alone, the Green Knight says they "can _________ as we like"?
(a) Play.
(b) Swing.
(c) Battle.
(d) Kill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does "the lord" say will sit with Sir Gawain while he is away?

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

3. Who volunteers to take the Green Knights challenge first?

4. How many strikes does the Green Knight wish to trade with a knight?

5. What prey is forbidden to be slain by "the lord"?

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