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Arthurian Lit.
King Arthur and Sir Gawain
Question | Answer |
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Why does Sir Gawain feel ashamed after his final confrontation with the Green Knight? | He is ashamed because by keeping the sash, he violates the code of knighthood. |
Why does the Green Knight taunt Sir Gawain? | Sir Gawain flinches at the sight of the descending ax. |
What does Sir Gawain agree to give the lord of the castle with whom he stays? | Whatever he wins during the day |
What is the original agreement between Sir Gawain the Green Knight? | They will exchange one blow for another. |
Where does Sir Gawain agree to meet the Green Knight? | The Green Knight's chapel |
Why does Sir Gawain take the green sash? | He hopes it will help him stay alive. |
Why does the lady of the castle attempt to seduce Sir Gawain? | She is ordered by her husband to test Sir Gawain. |
Where does Sir Gawain first meet the Green Knight? | King Arthur's court |
What happens when Sir Gawain first meets the Green Knight? | Sir Gawain beheads the Green Knight. |
What is the main thing that Gawain gains from his experiences with the lord, his lady, and the Green Knight? | Wisdom |
What is the slight wound on Gawain's neck punishment for? | Deceit |
What gift does the lady of the castle finally persuade Gawain to keep? | A green sash |
Each day the lord gives Gawain the animals he has killed in exchange for... | Whatever Gawain has won that day |
When the lord of the castle departs each morning to hung, what does the lady of the castle stay home to do? | Seduce Sir Gawain |
Which words best describe the Green Chapel? | Overgrown and desolate |
What does Gawain hear when he arrives at the Green Chapel? | A whirring grindstone |
On his way to honor his pledge, Gawain is offered hospitality at a castle whose lord proposes... | An unusual game |
Why does Gawain appear to King Arthur in a dream? | He wants to warn Arthur not to fight Mordred for a month. |
Whom does Arthur say that he sorely misses on the day of the battle? | Lancelot |
Why do the two armies begin a battle? | A knight innocently draws his sword. |
What do Lucan and Bedivere give Modred to convince him not to fight? | Cornwall and Kent while Arthur is alive and all of England when he dies |
What is the theme of Malory's account of Arthur's death? | The importance of honor |
What does Arthur's epitaph imply? | He will return should England ever need him? |
Who are the women in Arthur's dream? | They are women Gawain has fought for. |
What happened to Bedivere after Arthur's death? | He became a monk. |
In the dream Gawain warns Arthur to wait a month before fighting Mordred so that he can receive help from? | Sir Lancelot |
What number seems to be particularly important to the story? | Three |
Why does the knight who startws the battle draw the sword? | He is going to kill a snake that has bitten him. |
What is the meaning of the word "host" as Mallory uses it in the story? | An army |
What is the great noise on the battlefield? | Robbers stealing and killing |
What does Arthur use to kill Mordred? | His spear |
Why doesn't Bedivere throw Excalibur into the lake at first? | He knows how important and valuable the sword is. |