Le Morte d’Arthur Quiz: The Great Tournament and the Knight of the Cart, Version C
Quiz on “The Great Tournament,” “The Knight of the Cart,” and “The Healing of Sir Urry,” Version C, with a word list, ten questions, and three bonus questions.
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Quiz – “The Great Tournament,” “The Knight of the Cart,” and “The Healing of Sir Urry”
NameDatePer.
Using the words in the list, indicate the word defined in italics in each item.
- adjudicate
- antechamber
- assent
- chagrin
- default
- entrails
- feign
- foliage
- gallows
- gauntlet
- indomitable
- intercede
- pyre
- scurrilous
- temerity
1.Launcelot lay in his cell almost overcome by embarrassment caused by disappointment.
2.Mellyagraunce begs Gwynevere to plead on another’s behalf for him to Launcelot.
3.Mellyagraunce insists that a heap for burning be built on the field.
4.Sir Launcelot’s horse’s intestines hang to the ground.
5.Where on his body is Launcelot wounded before the tournament?
6.Identify Mellyagraunce by his most prominent initiative in this story.
7.What do his (#6) men do to slow Launcelot’s advance toward the castle?
8.What price must Launcelot pay to escape Mellyagraunce’s prison?
9.What happens to Mellyagraunce in the end?
10.How many years do Fileloy and Urry seek the “greatest knight in the world”?
BONUS:
A.Who is Arthur’s designated heir?
B.Who says, “What suffering our Lord has to bestow I shall endure gladly”?
C.Who marries Fileloy?