1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Morte d’ Arthur
Test Notes
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Morte d’ Arthur

2. In the first section of Sir Gawain
The Green Knight arrives at King Arthur’s court in the middle of a New year’s Eve feast

3. Which event conveys the supernatural?
The Green Knight does not die when his head is chopped off

4. What element of medieval romance is missing?
There is no damsel in distress

5. Why does Sir Gawain volunteer the fight the Green Knight?
He wants to protect the honor of his king and fellow knights.

6. How does Gawain NOT uphold the ideals of a Knight?
He keeps the belt (magic girdle) that the lady gives him

7. Which character could you leave out of this story?
Guenevere (King Arthur’s wife and Queen)

8. Gawain’s internal conflict is
His guilt over violating the chivalric code

9. To paraphrase the Green Knight…
Admit your mistakes and move on.

10. The central theme of Morte d’ Arthur is
The principles of chivalry

11. What part of Morte d’ Arthur is supernatural?
When the lady of the lake catches the sword

12. Why does Gawain advise Arthur to wait a month before signing the treaty?
Because he knows that Mordred’s army is greater

13. The battle between King Arthur and Sir Mordred is like other Middle Ages stories
Because all of the heroes fight nobly

14. Why does Sir Bedivere disobey King Arthur’s command?
He acts on his common sense

15. The black hoods worn by the ladies on the barge are to symbolize
Death

16. If you were writing a summary of the story,
Would you include the dream of King Arthur?
Yes
Sir Bedivere reluctantly throws King Arthur’s sword into the lake?
Both King Arthur and Mordred tell their men to charge if they see a sword drawn?
The hermit who buries King Arthur was once the Bishop of Canterbury? No

17. Feigned To put a show on – to pretend
“She feigned knowing how to ride a horse but she soon proved that she couldn’t”

18. Interred
Buried
“The hermit interred the body of King Arthur and Bevidere was the only mourner.”

19. Righteous
Is the opposite of unethical