Question 1

What is King Arthur's first response to the Green Knight?

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Welcome

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Horror

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Indifference

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Resistence

Question 2

How do Arthur's knights react to the Green Knight's challenge?

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Everyone in the court is stunned

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The people ignore the man completely

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Some are amused, but others quake with fear

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Only Gawain answers him immediately

Question 3

Why does Gawain want to accept the Green Knight's challenge?

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He thinks that Arthur is too important to fight

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Other knights encourage him to do it

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He considers himself to the best in battle

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Queen Guinevere asks him to fight someone

Question 4

Looking 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...

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will be as mysterious as the Green Knight himself

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exists only for the bravest of knights

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exists only in the mind of the Green Knight

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has many beautiful green plants around it

Question 5

The best word to describe the lady's behavior at the castle is...

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tempting

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humorous

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gracious

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quiet

Question 6

In this medieval romance, Gawain's refusal of the lady in lines 190-198 is an example of----. The lines states, "

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honorable motives

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supernatural elements

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mistaken identities

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exotic locations

Question 7

The best description of Gawain when the Green Knight is first about to strike him is ...

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reflexively fearful

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stupidly brave

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unknowingly kind

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prayerfully quiet

Question 8

Why does the Green Knight twice pretend to strike Gawain?

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These feigned blows reward Gawain's honorable behavior on his first two nights in the castle.

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The lady in the castle kissed Gawain twice a day for two days.

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Gawain showed himself to be a powerful knight on two occasions.

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Gawain flinched the first time and the Knight wanted to test him again.

Question 9

What does Gawain feel when the Green Knight reveals the trick he played?

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disgrace

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happiness

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relief

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confusion

Question 10

Gawain most displays the medieval romance qualities of an honorable hero when he ...

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tells the truth of the lady's kisses

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strikes the Green Knight on the neck

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reacts with anger toward the Green Knight

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takes the sash from the lady

Question 11

King Arthur refuses Launcelot's offer of peace because...

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Gawain advises against it

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he refuses to forgive Launcelot

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it is motivated by chivalry

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it arrives much too late

Question 12

How do the battles between Launcelot and Gawain cause King Arthur to experience an internal conflict?

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The quarrel and Gawain's wounds upset him.

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Gawain's weakening at noon worries him.

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He cannot decide whom he loves more.

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He wants to leave and fight Modred.

Question 13

Modred persuades the nobles to elect him king by...

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announcing Arthur's death

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challenging both Gawain and Launcelot

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staging a coronation at Canterbury

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announcing the defeat of Arthur's troops

Question 14

How does the combat between Gawain and Launcelot ultimately result in Gawain's death?

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A wound Gawain suffers when fighting Launcelot reopens during the battle with Modred.

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Gawain is injured so badly during the contest that he never recovers.

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Gawain loses his strength because of the contest and is easily killed later.

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Launcelot shows no mercy and kills Gawain after he falls.

Question 15

Which statement best summarizes Arthur's vision of Gawain just before the final battle with Modred?

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Gawain and the ladies he defended beg Arthur not to fight Modred but to make a truce instead.

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Gawain and several ladies show Arthur a vision of his death in a lake, where creatures tear at him.

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Gawain and the noble ladies champion Launcelot and warn the king against Sir Modred.

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Gawain explains that Launcelot will come to Arthur's aid in a month's time.

Question 16

Dominon is ----

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mastery

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invasion

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ownership

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death

Question 17

What does redress mean?

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repayment for a wrong

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advance through deceit

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defeat of evil

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desire for victory

Question 18

What does forbearance mean?

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self-control

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loyalty

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confidence

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faith

Question 19

To usurp something is to---

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take it illegally by force

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eat it sloppily

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lend it at high rates of interest

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use it to the fullest extent

Question 20

What is guile?

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deceit

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revenge

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jealousy

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disloyalty

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