View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What names does the Green Knight say that most men know him by?
(a) Simply The Green Knight.
(b) The Knight of the Green Castle.
(c) The Knight of the Green Chapel.
(d) The knight of the fields.

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

3. What kind of portion is served to the noble guests given the coming of the new year?
(a) Endless.
(b) Triple.
(c) Single.
(d) Double.

4. At the opening of Chapter II of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, what color have the groves turned?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

5. What is the name of the lord whose castle Sir Gawain arrives at after praying to the Blessed Virgin?
(a) Cloister.
(b) He gives no name.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) Ulric.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image, other than the pentangle, does Sir Gawain have on his shield?

2. What does Sir Gawain receive just before he leaves to find the Green Knight?

3. Where is Sir Gawain to meet the Green Knight to receive his own blow?

4. On what day does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain he can leave his castle?

5. Who is the third to volunteer to take the Green Knight's challenge?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 257 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample