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6th Grade Literature > Arthur Book 1: Chapters 1-3 > Flashcards

Arthur Book 1: Chapters 1-3 Flashcards

1
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magical woman; friend of Merlin’s and King Arthur’s

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Lady Nimue

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2
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nephew of Arthur; brave knight of the round table

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Gawain

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3
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seat, chair

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Siege

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4
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to aid, assist, relieve

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succour

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5
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contrition, remotes, regret

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penance

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6
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“Yet I would that you loved another; for by her very beauty shall come the end of Logres —” Who said this? and to whom?

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Merlin to Arthur

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7
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“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?

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four armed knights to Gawain

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8
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knight who struck the Dolorous Stroke

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Balyn

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9
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brother of Balyn and the one Balyn loved most in the world

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Balan

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10
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cruel king of N. Wales

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King Ryon

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11
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the invisible knight

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Garlon

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12
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king of Castle Carbonek; victim of the Dolorous Stroke

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King Pelles

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13
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the cup Jesus drank from the Last Supper

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Holy Grail

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14
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place where Holy Grail resided; place of Dolorous Stroke

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Castle Carbonek

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15
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to pay off; to compensate for

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redeem

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16
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expressions of grief; mournings

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lamentations

17
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sorrowful

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plaintive

18
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“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?

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Balan to the Lady of Castle

19
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capital of Arthur’s kingdom; modern-day Winchester, England

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Camelot

20
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king of Briton; father of Arthur

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Uther Pendragon

21
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mother of Arthur; unfaithful wife of Gorlois

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Igrayne

22
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Land of Mystery; place where Merlin took Arthur as an infant

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Avalon

23
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Arthur’s sword with magical scabbard

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Excalibur

24
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the name given to the land over which Arthur ruled

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Logres (Lów-gris)

25
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killed knights for traveling on a road; nearly killed Arthur, and then began to chase the “Questing Beast”

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King Pellinore

26
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a Celtic people inhabiting Britain before the time of the Roman invasion

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Britons

27
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Germanic tribe that invaded Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries

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Saxons

28
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ornate tent

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pavilion

29
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awe; respect

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reverence

30
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a ceremony by which a man acknowledged himself the vassal of a lord; special honor

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homage

31
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“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?

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Merlin to the angry kings and knights

32
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pavilion

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ornate tent

33
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reverence

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awe; respect

34
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redeem

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to pay off; to compensate for

35
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lamentations

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expressions of grief; mournings

36
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plaintive

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sorrowful

37
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Siege

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seat, chair

38
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succour

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to aid, assist, relieve

39
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penance

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contrition, remotes, regret

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