Le Morte d’Arthur Quiz: Sir Launcelot, Sir Gawain, and Sir Bors, Version A
Quiz on “Sir Launcelot,” “Sir Gawain,” and “Sir Bors,” Version A, with a word list, ten questions, and two bonus questions.
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Quiz – “Sir Launcelot,” “Sir Gawain,” and “Sir Bors”
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Using the words in the list, indicate the word defined in italics in each item.
- absolution
- abstinence
- ardent
- chaste
- demesne
- extreme unction
- infidels
- prink
- sanctity
- sanctuary
- shrive
- stigma
- thwart
- usurp
- vassal
1.Most of the knights are too proud to repent and receive formal forgiveness of their sins.
2.Bors, who sinned but once, has since remained morally pure.
3.King Evelake was victorious over those who have no religious beliefs.
4.One white bull bears a visible mark of disgrace that symbolizes his sin.
5.The older gentlewoman sought to take over by force territory belonging to the younger lady.
6.According to the hermit he meets, what prevents Launcelot from even seeing the Grail?
7.What relationship exists between Sir Launcelot and Joseph of Arimathea?
8.What does Launcelot do in response to the black knight’s killing his horse?
9.Who kills Sir Uwayne during the Grail Quest?
10.Why does Lyonel try to kill Bors?
BONUS:
A.What role does Sir Colgrevaunce play in the conflict referred to in #10?
B.Using the word list above, identify the word that means “to adorn in a showy manner; to primp.”