Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Mastery Test 100%

The hurt was whole that he had had in his neck And the bright green belt on his body he bore, These lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight refer to the nick on Gawain's neck as a result of the Green Knight's blow and to the green ________________ that he wore as a reminder of his ___________.

1. girdle 2. shame

Read the excerpts from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Match the correct trait or stanza pattern to the excerpt that uses it.

1. sarcasm: Where is now your arrogance and your awesome deeds, Your valor and your victories and your vaunting words? Now are the revel and renown of the Round Table Overwhelmed with a word of one man's speech, 2. bob and wheel: Wherefore the better man I, by all odds, must be. Said Gawain, "Strike once more; I shall neither flinch nor flee; But if my head falls to the floor There is no mending me!" 3. allusion: And through the wiles of a woman be wooed into sorrow, For so was Adam by one, when the world began, And Solomon by many more, and Samson the mighty--Delilah was his doom, and David thereafter Was beguiled by Bathsheba and bore much distress; 4. simile: And the bright green belt on his body he bore, Oblique, like a baldric, bound at his side, Below his left shoulder, laced in a knot, In betokening of the blame he had borne for his fault.

In this excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, what does the description of the attire of the strange man say of his social status? And in guise all of green, the gear and the man: A coat cut close, that clung to his sides, And a mantle to match, made with a lining Of furs cut and fitted—the fabric was noble

The man belonged to the nobility.

What is the meaning of the word chivalry?

a knightly system of honor

The Knights of the Round Table express their solidarity by wearing a green girdle as Gawain does. Why does Gawain wear the green girdle?

as a symbol of his weakness