Arthur Book 1

Question 1

king and queen of N. Wales; parents of Launcelot

Answer 1

King Pant and Elayne

Question 2

Arthur’s knight who loves Morgana le Fay

Answer 2

Sir Accolon

Question 3

husband of Morgana

Answer 3

King Urience

Question 4

son of Morgana and Urience

Answer 4

Sir Uwaine

Question 5

ridiculed; provoked

Answer 5

taunted

Question 6

cowardly

Answer 6

craven

Question 7

purified, absolved, cleansed

Answer 7

purged

Question 8

“For though I lack a weapon, yet shall I lack no honor— and if you slay me weaponless, it is you who will be shamed.” Who said this? and to whom?

Answer 8

Arthur to Sir Accolon

Question 9

“I have loved her long, and she me. And I promised to fight and slay whom she would, even though it were Arthur the King.” Who said this? and to whom?

Answer 9

Sir Accolon to Arthur

Question 10

magical woman; friend of Merlin’s and King Arthur’s

Answer 10

Lady Nimue

Question 11

nephew of Arthur; brave knight of the round table

Answer 11

Gawain

Question 12

seat, chair

Answer 12

Siege

Question 13

to aid, assist, relieve

Answer 13

succour

Question 14

contrition, remotes, regret

Answer 14

penance

Question 15

“Yet I would that you loved another; for by her very beauty shall come the end of Logres —” Who said this? and to whom?

Answer 15

Merlin to Arthur

Question 16

“A knight without mercy is dishonored: but to kill a fair lady is shame unto the world’s end!” Who said this? and to whom?

Answer 16

four armed knights to Gawain

Question 17

knight who struck the Dolorous Stroke

Answer 17

Balyn

Question 18

brother of Balyn and the one Balyn loved most in the world

Answer 18

Balan

Question 19

cruel king of N. Wales

Answer 19

King Ryon

Question 20

the invisible knight

Answer 20

Garlon

Question 21

king of Castle Carbonek; victim of the Dolorous Stroke

Answer 21

King Pelles

Question 22

the cup Jesus drank from the Last Supper

Answer 22

Holy Grail

Question 23

place where Holy Grail resided; place of Dolorous Stroke

Answer 23

Castle Carbonek

Question 24

to pay off; to compensate for

Answer 24

redeem

Question 25

expressions of grief; mournings

Answer 25

lamentations

Question 26

sorrowful

Answer 26

plaintive

Question 27

"Bury us, I pray you, in the same tomb, and write upon it that here lie two brothers who slew one another by mischance ..." Who said this? and to whom?

Answer 27

Balan to the Lady of Castle

Question 28

capital of Arthur's kingdom; modern-day Winchester, England

Answer 28

Camelot

Question 29

king of Briton; father of Arthur

Answer 29

Uther Pendragon

Question 30

mother of Arthur; unfaithful wife of Gorlois

Answer 30

Igrayne

Question 31

Land of Mystery; place where Merlin took Arthur as an infant

Answer 31

Avalon

Question 32

Arthur's sword with magical scabbard

Answer 32

Excalibur

Question 33

the name given to the land over which Arthur ruled

Answer 33

Logres (Lów-gris)

Question 34

killed knights for traveling on a road; nearly killed Arthur, and then began to chase the "Questing Beast"

Answer 34

King Pellinore

Question 35

a Celtic people inhabiting Britain before the time of the Roman invasion

Answer 35

Britons

Question 36

Germanic tribe that invaded Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries

Answer 36

Saxons

Question 37

ornate tent

Answer 37

pavilion

Question 38

awe; respect

Answer 38

reverence

Question 39

a ceremony by which a man acknowledged himself the vassal of a lord; special honor

Answer 39

homage

Question 40

"A little while after his birth at dark Tintagel, Uther, who hearkened to my words, gave the child into my care, and I bore him to Avalon, the Land of Mystery." Who said this? and to whom?

Answer 40

Merlin to the angry kings and knights

Question 41

pavilion

Answer 41

ornate tent

Question 42

reverence

Answer 42

awe; respect

Question 43

redeem

Answer 43

to pay off; to compensate for

Question 44

lamentations

Answer 44

expressions of grief; mournings

Question 45

plaintive

Answer 45

sorrowful

Question 46

Siege

Answer 46

seat, chair

Question 47

succour

Answer 47

to aid, assist, relieve

Question 48

penance

Answer 48

contrition, remotes, regret

Question 49

taunted

Answer 49

ridiculed; provoked

Question 50

craven

Answer 50

cowardly

Question 51

purged

Answer 51

purified, absolved, cleansed