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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has God chosen Pearl to be?
(a) His highest angel.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His keeper.
(d) His bride.

2. What jewel does the Green Knight say is the most highly prized?
(a) The diamond.
(b) The ruby.
(c) The pearl.
(d) The emerald.

3. What does Sir Orfeo say he would rather lose than his wife?
(a) His life.
(b) His wealth.
(c) His kingdom.
(d) His child.

4. Why does Sir Gawain refuse to heed "the lord's" advice?
(a) He would be seen as a coward.
(b) He pays all debts.
(c) He has already taken too much from "the lord".
(d) He has a secret.

5. How many man does Sir Orfeo take with him on the day the king is to return for Lady Heurodis?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 10,000.

6. What kind of gems does the girl have on her majestic robes in "Pearl"?
(a) Opals.
(b) Rubys.
(c) Pearls.
(d) Saphires.

7. What kind of weapon does the man come "from a hole" with?
(a) A Sweedish axe.
(b) A Danish axe.
(c) A VIking axe.
(d) A Norwegian axe.

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

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

10. What does the Green Knight gather in his limbs as he lifts the axe?
(a) Worry.
(b) Lust.
(c) Hope.
(d) Hatred.

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

12. In the third stanza of "Pearl," what color do blossoms pale?
(a) Violet and yellow.
(b) White and blue.
(c) Blue and red.
(d) Yellow and green.

13. How many damsels go to get Lady Heurodis and bring her back to the castle after her nap?
(a) 20.
(b) 60.
(c) 80.
(d) 40.

14. What kind of cliff does the narrator of "Pearl" say "beams in splendour"?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Diamond.
(c) Emerald.
(d) Crystal.

15. Who does Sir Gawain say he wishes to watch over "the lord's" castle as he leaves?
(a) Mary.
(b) Christ.
(c) The Round Table.
(d) S. Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sir Gawain call to on the morning of his departure from "the lord's" castle to fetch his saddle?

2. Who is responsible for the color of the Green Knight?

3. What does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain that the Green Knight knows nothing about?

4. On an early May day, where does Lady Heurodis stroll?

5. How many knights does the "king" bring with him after Lady Heurodis refuses to see him?

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