Sir gawain

Question 1

How long does gawain stay at Bertaliks castle?

Answer 1

Eight day’s, Six nights

Question 2

Who wrote sir Gawain?

Answer 2

An annonymus poet known as the Gawain Poet

Question 3

What classical city is mentioned at the beginning and end of the poem?

Answer 3

Troy

Question 4

During whose reign does the poem take place?

Answer 4

King Arthur

Question 5

Next to whom does Gawain sit at the New Year’s feast

Answer 5

Queen Guinevere

Question 6

What is the name of Gawains horse?

Answer 6

Gringolet

Question 7

What animal does the host hunt on the second day?

Answer 7

Boar

Question 8

What color is Gawains Surcoat?

Answer 8

Red

Question 9

Where is Gawain supposed to find the Green Knight?

Answer 9

The green chapel

Question 10

What is the Green Knighta Real Name?

Answer 10

Bertalik de Hautdesert

Question 11

What is Bertaliks wife’s true name?

Answer 11

She remains nameless

Question 12

What four men does Gawain compare himself to in part four?

Answer 12

Adam, solomon, samson, and david.

Question 13

How many points does Gawains sheild have?

Answer 13

5.

Question 14

What happens to the green knights first axe?

Answer 14

Gawain and arthur mount it on the wall as a souviner.

Question 15

What love token does the lady first offer Gawain

Answer 15

A ring

Question 16

How much time does Gawain have to locate the green knight?

Answer 16

One year and a day

Question 17

What weapon does the green knight have in part 4?

Answer 17

A danish axe

Question 18

During what century was sir gawain and the green knight composed.

Answer 18

the 14th

Question 19

Why does Gawin refuse the lady’s advances?

Answer 19

) Because the chivalric code requires him to remain chaste
(B) Because she is married
(C) Because he aspires to the values represented by the pentangle

Question 20

How many kisses does Gawain recieve from the lady on the second day?

Answer 20

2

Question 21

What is the name of the court where Gawain first meets the green knight?

Answer 21

Camelot

Question 22

What is Gawains relationship to arthur?

Answer 22

Nephew

Question 23

Why does Gawain take the lady’s green gurdle?

Answer 23

Because he doesn’t want to die

Question 24

What does Bertilak’s castle appear to be made of when Gawain first see’s it?

Answer 24

Paper

Question 25

Which event opens and closes the poem?

Answer 25

A christmas feast

Question 26

Who does the narrator praise as the founder of england?

Answer 26

Felix Brutus

Question 27

What are the five virtues in Sir Gawain?

Answer 27

generosity, courtesy, chastity, chivalry and piety

Question 28

Which is not one of the five ways in which gawain was thought to be faultless according to the emblem on his sheild

Answer 28

Valor

Question 29

What is the cheif of the five virtues?

Answer 29

Charity

Question 30

Which of the following is gawain not compared to in the poem and by whom?

Answer 30

A lion by bertalik

Question 31

What is the reason Gawin takes the chalenge, and what excuses does he use?

Answer 31

A: Gawain is eager to prove to the rest of the court. Excuses: Challange is foolish Gawains life would be least missed Arthur should not accept such a challenge.

Question 32

Which famous knight is not at the first christmas feast?

Answer 32

Lancelot

Question 33

What does the Green Knight hold in his hands when he enters arthur's court?

Answer 33

A bough of holly

Question 34

Which holliday does Gawain bid farewell to camelot?

Answer 34

Halloween/ Michaelmas

Question 35

What symbols are on Gawains sheild?

Answer 35

The endless knot, the pentangle, The image of virgin mary.

Question 36

What is the name of arthurs realsm which Gawain journey's through?

Answer 36

Logres

Question 37

What does Gawin fight during his Journey? (More than one)

Answer 37

Wolves, Wood-saytars, and Dragons

Question 38

What are three things the author goes in great detail to describe?

Answer 38

The arcitecture o the castle, the cutting of the derr's body, and armory and weapons

Question 39

What do Gawaun and the lord of the castle agree to do or three days?

Answer 39

Exchange their winnings at the end of each day

Question 40

What animal is hunted the first second and third day by bertalik?

Answer 40

deer, boar, fox

Question 41

What are three reasons Gawain rejects bertaliks wife?

Answer 41

She is already married to a superior man, he does not want to be forceful, he is unworthy of her praise and admirition

Question 42

Who does not end up with a portion of the deer?

Answer 42

The lord of the castle

Question 43

What does the lady give Gawain on the third day?

Answer 43

A silk green girdle

Question 44

Why does sir gawain keep the girdle?

Answer 44

He does not want to die.

Question 45

What does Sir gawain hear when he enters the Green chapel?

Answer 45

A blade being sharpened.

Question 46

Why does the Green Knight Finally scape Gawains Neck on the third attempt?

Answer 46

To punish Gawain for ailing to uphold an agreement.

Question 47

Who is Morgan La faye?

Answer 47

Arthur's sister, Gawains aunt, and merlins mistress who uses merlins powers