Quiz: Fit III Flashcards
(20 cards)
Unfortunate, unlucky
Hapless
A base, wretched person
Caitiff
Equipment
Tackle
Forgiveness of sins
Absolution
Swamp or marshy area
Quagmire
A tract of uncultivated land
Heath
Command; urgent request
Behest
Certainly; in truth
Certes
To complain; to grumble
Repine
The cross on which Jesus was crucified
Roof
Deer
Harts and hinds
Many; various
Manifold
Careful; detailed; fastidious
Punctilious
Harassed; distressed by attack
Harried
Difficult labor or toil; hardship
Travail
In the first temptation scene, the wife mentions two virtues of Gawain that she says all loving folks hold in high esteem. What are they?
His honor and courtesy
What is Gawain’s witty response to the host’s wife when she says no one living can Excel Gawain?
He says the lady did better than him by marrying the host.
When the host says, “Now ‘Third time, throw best!’ Think of that tomorrow!” What does this forbode?
Gawain’s slip-up in the third exchange and his encounter with the Green Knight.
What are three animals that the host and his men hunt during the three hunting expeditions?
Deer, boar, Fox
When the host’s wife appears to him for the third temptation sequence, this is what happened he text says:
“The noble sighed ceaselessly in unsettled slumber
As threatening thoughts thronged in the dawn light
About destiny, which the day after would deal him his fate.
At the Green chapel where Gawain was to greet his man,
And be bound to bear his buffet in resisting.”
What does this reveal about why Gawain could not give in to temptation?
The reality of his fated appointment with the Green Knight was heavy on his mind.
