Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Test Review

What are features of Legends?

Anonymous traditional stories about the past

What elements of the medieval romance are missing from Sir Gawain?

Damsels in Distress. Technically the Green Knight's wife isn't in peril

How is Sir Gawain related to King Arthur?

He is King Arthur's nephew

What did a code of chivalry demand of the knights?

Heroic figures and memorable deeds, Quests or searches for something important; contest; and tests, and patterns, such as events repeated three times

Who first accepts the challenge of the Green Knight?

King Arthur

Describe King Arthur

King of Camelot, uncle of Sir Gawain

What are features of Medieval Romances?

Kings, Knights, Damsels in Distress

In the game the Green Knight proposes that the two participants must meet again in what amount of time?

a year and a day

Paraphrase he following line, "Dear dame, on this day, dismay you no whit...." What literary device is present?

alliteration

Paraphrase the following passage: "that never fell back on field in the fact of the foe, and now you flee for fear..." What literary device is present?

alliteration

What are the ideals of chivalry?

being a gentlemen and dying for the ones you love with honor

Define interred

buried in the ground

Where is the court of Arthur?

camelot

At what time of year does the story begin?

christmas and new years

What does the Green Knight say to Sir Gawain at the end?

come again next year and we will have a feast

Define peril

danger

In the tale of Sir Gawain, what color was emphasized?

green

When the Green Knight confronts Sir Gawain about the green girdle, he expresses that Sir Gawain lacked what?

he cared about his life more

What does Gawain gain from his experiences with the lord, his lady, and the Green Knight

he is shamed because he isn't an exact replica of what a knight should be but from the experience he learns he can try to be

Why is Gawain upset with himself?

he isn't a true knight as he isn't brave enough not to care if he lives or dies

Describe Sir Gawain's internal conflict

he tries to be a good knight and have integrity but at the end he fails and knows he failed

Summarize the first half of Sir Gawain.

in order to save the king from the Green Knight, Sir Gawain steps up and takes a swing at the Green Knight and he cuts off his head. The Green Knight told him to meet him in a year and a day and he will "Finish this."

Describe the Green Chapel

steep hall, green overgrown grass

Paraphrase the following passage: "For the head in his hand he holds up right up; Toward the first on the dais, directs he the fact, and it lifted up its lids and looked with wide eyes, and said as much with its mouth as now you may hear." What characteristic of medieval romance is demonstrated?

the Green Knight still talks after his head is cut off, Knights, none in this passage

Describe the lord of the castle near Green Chapel

the Green Knight who uses his wife to show Sir Gawain who he is. He is decapitated but is still alive technically

Define largesse

the act of giving out money

Describe an event from the story which conveys a sense of the supernatural

the fact that the Green Knight is still alive without his head

When the Green Knight says to Sir Gawain, "For that is my belt about you, that same braided girdle, my wife it was that wore it; I know well the tale" what does the reader realize?

the green knight is the lord of the house

Give an example of a plot twist from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

the green knight is the lord of the house and his wife was in on the plan with him

Describe the wife of the lord of the castly near Green Chapel

the wife of the green knight, she teams up with her husband (green knight) and plans to woo Sir Gawain

Define entreated

to ask something very seriously

Define adjure

to command or suggest something for someone to do

Define adroitly

very cleverly