
The Green Knight and Le Mourte d'Arthur
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- Q1What is King Arthur's first response to the Green Knight?HorrorIndifferenceResistenceWelcome30s
- Q2How do Arthur's knights react to the Green Knight's challenge?Everyone in the court is stunnedThe people ignore the man completelySome are amused, but others quake with fearOnly Gawain answers him immediately30s
- Q3Why does Gawain want to accept the Green Knight's challenge?Other knights encourage him to do itHe considers himself to the best in battleHe thinks that Arthur is too important to fightQueen Guinevere asks him to fight someone30s
- Q4Looking back at lines 175-185 that read "come to the Green Chapel, I charge you. and take a stroke the same as you've given, for well you deserve to be readily requited on New Year's mourn. Many men know me, the Knight of the Green Chapel; therefore if you seek to find me, you shall no fail. Come or be counted a coward, as if fitting." You can infer that the Green Chapel...exists only for the bravest of knightsexists only in the mind of the Green Knightwill be as mysterious as the Green Knight himselfhas many beautiful green plants around it30s
- Q5The best word to describe the lady's behavior at the castle is...humoroustemptinggraciousquiet30s
- Q6In this medieval romance, Gawain's refusal of the lady in lines 190-198 is an example of----. The lines states, "supernatural elementshonorable motivesmistaken identitiesexotic locations30s
- Q7The best description of Gawain when the Green Knight is first about to strike him is ...stupidly braveunknowingly kindreflexively fearfulprayerfully quiet30s
- Q8Why does the Green Knight twice pretend to strike Gawain?These feigned blows reward Gawain's honorable behavior on his first two nights in the castle.The lady in the castle kissed Gawain twice a day for two days.Gawain showed himself to be a powerful knight on two occasions.Gawain flinched the first time and the Knight wanted to test him again.30s
- Q9What does Gawain feel when the Green Knight reveals the trick he played?happinessreliefdisgraceconfusion30s
- Q10Gawain most displays the medieval romance qualities of an honorable hero when he ...tells the truth of the lady's kissesstrikes the Green Knight on the neckreacts with anger toward the Green Knighttakes the sash from the lady30s
- Q11King Arthur refuses Launcelot's offer of peace because...he refuses to forgive LauncelotGawain advises against itit is motivated by chivalryit arrives much too late30s
- Q12How do the battles between Launcelot and Gawain cause King Arthur to experience an internal conflict?Gawain's weakening at noon worries him.The quarrel and Gawain's wounds upset him.He cannot decide whom he loves more.He wants to leave and fight Modred.30s
- Q13Modred persuades the nobles to elect him king by...challenging both Gawain and Launcelotstaging a coronation at Canterburyannouncing the defeat of Arthur's troopsannouncing Arthur's death30s
- Q14How does the combat between Gawain and Launcelot ultimately result in Gawain's death?A wound Gawain suffers when fighting Launcelot reopens during the battle with Modred.Gawain is injured so badly during the contest that he never recovers.Gawain loses his strength because of the contest and is easily killed later.Launcelot shows no mercy and kills Gawain after he falls.30s
- Q15Which statement best summarizes Arthur's vision of Gawain just before the final battle with Modred?Gawain and the ladies he defended beg Arthur not to fight Modred but to make a truce instead.Gawain and several ladies show Arthur a vision of his death in a lake, where creatures tear at him.Gawain and the noble ladies champion Launcelot and warn the king against Sir Modred.Gawain explains that Launcelot will come to Arthur's aid in a month's time.30s