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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the king take Lady Heurodis to before telling her to be at the tree the following day?
(a) His castle.
(b) Heaven.
(c) A river.
(d) A cavern.

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

4. Where does the narrator of "Sir Orfeo" say all of the lays "issued first"?
(a) France.
(b) Rome.
(c) Britain.
(d) Sweden.

5. What kind of wound does Sir Gawain receive from the Green Knight's "hammer-swing" blow?
(a) A "nict."
(b) A "scrapt."
(c) A "snick."
(d) A "scrapee."

Short Answer Questions

1. What color do Pearl's eyes shine?

2. What does Sir Gawain ask the Green Knight to "restrain thee to"?

3. What does Lady Heurodis want to hear during her May stroll?

4. Who sings of "many a marvelous thing" in line three of "Sir Orfeo"?

5. When Sir Gawain bends in front of the Green Knight to bear his neck, what sign does he refrain from showing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the narrator's pearl compared to Jerusalem's Lamb?

2. Upon entering the faerie king's castle, what does Sir Orfeo see?

3. Why does Sir Gawain not heed the advice of "the lord"?

4. Why is the Green Knight green?

5. What is Sir Orfeo known for?

6. According to Pearl, why has God called her?

7. What happens when Sir Orfeo sees Lady Heurodis on horseback?

8. When Lady Heurodis disappears, what does Sir Orfeo do?

9. Why do Sir Orfeo's grandparents possess the names that they do?

10. What happens when Sir Orfeo plays his harp in the woods?

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