Le Mort d' Aurthur

Question 1

Who is the mother of Arthur Pendragon?

Answer 1

Igraine

Question 2

What is the name of the knight to whom Merlin takes the baby, Arthur to be nurtured?

Answer 2

Ector

Question 3

What is the name of the bastard son Arthur gets upon his half-sister, King Lot of Orkney’s wife, in Book I?

Answer 3

Mordred

Question 4

What is the name of the creature which Arthur sees by a well that has the sound of thirty hounds in its belly?

Answer 4

The Questing Beast

Question 5

What does Merlin prophecy Mordred will be the cause of?

Answer 5

The destruction of Arthur

Question 6

What are the two castles owned by the Duke of Tintagil in Book I?

Answer 6

Terrabil and Tintagil

Question 7

What contest does Merlin create in Book I to choose the next king of England?

Answer 7

A sword embedded in a stone

Question 8

What is the name of Arthur’s famous sword?

Answer 8

Excalibur

Question 9

Whom does Arthur see for the first time while helping King Leodegrance?

Answer 9

Guinevere

Question 10

Which knight pursues the Questing Beast?

Answer 10

Pellinore

Question 11

What does Arthur do in Book I to try and prevent his destruction by Mordred?

Answer 11

Drowns all the children born on May-Day

Question 12

How does Arthur get his sword, Excalibur, in Book I?

Answer 12

He receives it from a hand emerging from the water

Question 13

Who is the father of Arthur Pendragon?

Answer 13

Uther Pendragon

Question 14

Why does Arthur pull the sword out of the stone at the beginning of the work?

Answer 14

His brother has lost his sword and needs another for the tournament

Question 15

Who is the Duke that opposes Uther Pendragon at the beginning of the work?

Answer 15

The duke of Tintagil

Question 16

At the beginning of Book II what task does the young damosel put before the court of Arthur that parallels the sword in the stone of Book I?

Answer 16

She asks that someone draw a sword out of the scabbard at her side

Question 17

According to Merlin, whom will Lancelot kill with the sword he inherits from Balin?

Answer 17

Gawain

Question 18

What does Balin do to the Lady of the Lake at the beginning of Book II?

Answer 18

Chops off her head

Question 19

In Book II, who is prophecied to inherit the sword of Balin?

Answer 19

Lancelot de Lake

Question 20

What does Balin use to strike King Pellam, thus causing “The Dolorous Stroke” in Book II?

Answer 20

The spear that pierced the side of Christ

Question 21

What is the effect of Balin’s striking “The Dolorous Stroke” in Book II?

Answer 21

Three countries and all the people about are destroyed

Question 22

What does Balin choose to do with the sword he pulls from the damosel’s scabbard at the beginning of Book II?

Answer 22

Keep it

Question 23

Who is the brother of Balin?

Answer 23

Balan

Question 24

What happens to the two brothers, Balin and Balan at the end of Book II?

Answer 24

They kill each other

Question 25

What happens to the castle when Balin strikes "The Dolorous Stroke"?

Answer 25

A great part of it collapses about them

Question 26

Who is Torre's real father?

Answer 26

Pellinore

Question 27

Who warns Arthur against marrying Gwynevere in Book III?

Answer 27

Merlin

Question 28

During his quest what does Torre do to Sir Abellyus?

Answer 28

Beheads him

Question 29

Who is Gwynevere's father?

Answer 29

King Lodegreaunce

Question 30

What three things come to Arthur when he marries Gwynevere?

Answer 30

A wife, a table, a crew of knights

Question 31

Early in Book III, who begs Arthur to make his son, Torre, a knight of the round table?

Answer 31

Aryes, the cowherd

Question 32

Who rebukes Pellinore for his treatment of Alyne?

Answer 32

Gwynevere

Question 33

What appears on the back of each chair of The Round Table?

Answer 33

The name of the knight who sits there

Question 34

What three things do the knights swear at the end of the section?

Answer 34

To fight for justice, to show mercy, to honor women

Question 35

What does Alyne do after Pellinore refuses to help her and her wounded knight?

Answer 35

She kills herself

Question 36

What three characters rush into the hall during Arthur and Gwynevere's wedding feast?

Answer 36

A hart, a brachet, a lady

Question 37

Which seat at The Round Table means death for whoever sits in it?

Answer 37

The siege perilous

Question 38

What is Merlin's reaction to Torre's adventures?

Answer 38

He praises him greatly

Question 39

What horrible thing does Gawain do during his quest?

Answer 39

He beheads a lady

Question 40

From whom does Lodegreaunce get The Round Table?

Answer 40

Uther Pendragon