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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prior to the rooster crowing _________ times, "the lord" left to hunt on the second day.
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

2. How many knights came to see Lady Heurodis as she slept beneath the tree?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. When the king comes to see Lady Heurodis under the tree, what is he crowned with?
(a) A crown of rubys.
(b) A crown of light.
(c) A crown of emeralds.
(d) A crown of diamonds.

4. What does Sir Gawain ask the Green Knight to "deal" him?
(a) His card.
(b) His fate.
(c) His destiny.
(d) His death-blow.

5. What does the narrator of "Pearl" call himself in stanza twenty-one?
(a) Void victim.
(b) Joyless jeweler.
(c) Forelorn father.
(d) Sorrowful sinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first word that Sir Gawain hears as he approaches the chapel?

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

3. What will the successful knight receive from the Green Knight if he succeeds at trading strikes with the Green Knight?

4. What does Sir Orfeo say he would rather lose than his wife?

5. On the third hunting day, what saint does Sir Gawain swear to that he holds no love for any woman?

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