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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to the Green Knight's axe after he leaves Arthur's castle beheaded?
2. What winds wrestle with the sun during the fall?
3. Whom does "the lord" say will sit with Sir Gawain while he is away?
4. What names does the Green Knight say that most men know him by?
5. Why does "the lady" believe that Sir Gawain refuses her last gift to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What rules does Arthur have regarding his eating at celebrations?
2. On the morning of the first hunt, what does "the lady" wish Sir Gawain to do?
3. Before he finds the castle of "the lord," what does Sir Gawain pray to Mary for?
4. Why does "the lord" tell Sir Gawain that he does not need to leave for the Green Chapel so soon?
5. On the night of the second hunt, what do "the lord" and Sir Gawain trade as their spoils?
6. What does Sir Gawain do as "the lord" hunts?
7. Why do people gather at Arthur's kingdom at the opening of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"?
8. What did all of the knights think about a possible fight with the Green Knight?
9. What do "the lord" and Sir Gawain agree to on the night of the first hunt?
10. What happens at the first baying of of the hounds during the first day of the hunt in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" there is an overwhelming sense of the importance of imagery in its relation to constraint. The girdle, armor, and even food cause feelings of constraint. Discuss three specific constraints as detailed in the text. What is the object? Why is it considered a constraint? How does Sir Gawain succeed at destroying the constraint that the object produces?
Essay Topic 2
In what ways is courtly love illustrated in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"? Begin by defining "courtly love." What is it? In what ways does the definition fit "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"? How is courtly love illustrated in the text?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the importance of the action of the text taking place over the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Why does the action of the text take place at this time? What is important about each of the holidays in regard to the actions in the text? What do both holidays represent?
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