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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 does "the lord" give to Sir Gawain on the night of the second hunt?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A fox's tail.
(c) A doe's heart.
(d) A boar's head.

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

3. After he finds out that the Green Knight knows his secret, what does Sir Gawain hold in his heart?
(a) A "fox."
(b) A "flum."
(c) An "onyx."
(d) A "grue."

4. What does the Green Knight say Sir Gawain wears of his?
(a) His "weed."
(b) His "bind."
(c) His "hue."
(d) His "color."

5. What winds wrestle with the sun during the fall?
(a) Euros.
(b) Foehn.
(c) Etesian.
(d) Welkin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal do the hunters come across on the third hunting day?

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

4. Why does Sir Gawain accept the gift from "the lady" on the third hunting day?

5. What does "the lady" wish to teach Sir Gawain on the second hunting day?

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