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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to stanza nineteen of "Pearl," what was unable to declare the girl's beauty?
(a) Tongue.
(b) Head.
(c) Heart.
(d) Soul.

2. What color are the horses that the king and all of his court ride on to come to see Lady Heurodis while she rests under the tree?
(a) Black.
(b) Marbled.
(c) White.
(d) Golden.

3. What does the narrator's "precious pearl" fail to have?
(a) "Luster."
(b) A "spot."
(c) "Purity."
(d) "Sin. "

4. What must the narrator of "Pearl" do to get over his sorrow? (Stanza twenty-nine)
(a) Forget her.
(b) Steal her back.
(c) Leave.
(d) Abide his doom.

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

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

7. On an early May day, where does Lady Heurodis stroll?
(a) Through a field.
(b) By a great river.
(c) Near the castle in among the olive vines.
(d) In an orchard.

8. What color is the gown that the child wears in stanza fourteen of "Pearl"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Gold.
(d) White.

9. What does Sir Gawain do at the Green Knight's first blow?
(a) Prays to Mary.
(b) Falls to the ground.
(c) Prays to God.
(d) Flinches.

10. How does Sir Orfeo say that Lady Heurodis looks at him, while he is standing next to her bed?
(a) As a lover.
(b) As a mirage.
(c) As a foe.
(d) As a healer.

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

12. In "Sir Orfeo," what instrument is taken "in delight" to make a lay and "named it right?
(a) Harps.
(b) Flutes.
(c) Lyres.
(d) Drums.

13. What does Sir Gawain have in his hand as he approaches the roof of the dwelling?
(a) His sword.
(b) His lance.
(c) A cross.
(d) The axe.

14. What does Lady Heurodis want to hear during her May stroll?
(a) Wind.
(b) Birds.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Earth.

15. What does the narrator of "Pearl" say came "in secret hour"?
(a) A new pearl.
(b) A golden maiden.
(c) The sweetest song.
(d) A whispering wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sir Orfeo hide during bad weather?

2. What does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain to do instead of go to the Green Chapel?

3. What does Sir Orfeo say has torn Lady Heurodis's face?

4. What kind of gems does the girl have on her majestic robes in "Pearl"?

5. What kind of wound does Sir Gawain receive from the Green Knight's "hammer-swing" blow?

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