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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Pearl in the twenty-seventh stanza, where will the narrator find a lair?
(a) In wind.
(b) In clay.
(c) In dust.
(d) In her arms.

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

3. In stanza thirty-two of "Pearl," what does the narrator say that God forbids "we" to be?
(a) In love.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Happy.

4. On the third hunting day, what saint does Sir Gawain swear to that he holds no love for any woman?
(a) Mark.
(b) Mary.
(c) John.
(d) Peter.

5. Where does the narrator say that Paradise is in stanza twelve of "Pearl"?
(a) "Too far to be close."
(b) "Across a divide too far to bear."
(c) "Across those banks was yonder laid."
(d) "Here, now, I am in it."

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of dogs hunt on the first day's hunt?

2. When Sir Gawain finds an old cavern, covered in green patches, who does he say lives there?

3. On what does the Green Knight rest after he deals his one blow to Sir Gawain?

4. What color is Sir Gawain's shield?

5. After he finds out that the Green Knight knows his secret, what does Sir Gawain hold in his heart?

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