Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Reading Comprehension (Quiz)
which sentence from the passage above best supports the correct answer to the question: which inference is most strongly supported by the passage below (lines 79-93)
"and he swung no sword nor sported any shield, / but held in one hand a sprig of holly"
which sentence from the passage above best supports the correct answer to the question: which inference about the green knight is best supported by the text
"if I'd ridden to your castle rigged out for a ruck / these lightweight adolescents wouldn't last a minute."
which word best replaces foxed in the passage below (lines 181-182) flustered at first, not totally foxed were the household and the lords, both the highborn and the low
baffled
who said the following quote: "to be born of our blood is my body's only claim"
gawain
which of these inferences about Sir Gawain's character is best supported by his decision to accept the green knight's challenge
he does not want King Arthur or his fellow knights to die
who said the following quote: "now hang up your axe—one hack is enough"
king arthur
which event happened second
king arthur grabs the axe
the passage below (lines 196-198) mainly suggests that ___________ then he laughed so hard that their leader saw red.Blood flowed to his fine-featured face and he ragedinside
king arthur was angered by the green knight's insult
who said the following quote: "as I'm sure you're aware; I'm clothed for peace, not kitted out for conflict"
the green knight
which inference about the green knight is best supported by the text
the green knight doesn't think the King's knights present him much challenge
which event happened third
the green knight is beheaded
which inference is most strongly supported by the passage below (lines 79-93) A look of lightning flashed from somewhere in his soul.The force of that man's fist would be a thunderbolt. Yet he wore no helmet and no hauberk either,no armored apparel or plate was apparent,and he swung no sword nor sported any shield,but held in one hand a sprig of holly—of all the evergreens the greenest ever—and in the other hand held the mother of all axes,a cruel piece of kit I kid you not:the head was an ell in length at least and forged in green steel with a gilt finish;the skull-busting blade was so stropped and buffedit could shear a man's scalp and shave him to boot.
the green knight is not worried about getting into a physical fight
which event happened fourth
the green knight presents his challenge
which event happened first
the kingdom feasted and enjoyed music and dance
what does the following passage mainly suggest about the lords (lines 121-124) Yet several of the lords were like statues in their seats,left speechless and rigid, not risking a response.The hall fell hushed, as if all who were presenthad slipped into sleep or some trancelike state
the lords were afraid to speak
