Arthur Cumulative Review (Book I)

Question 1

place where the Holy Grail resides; place of the Dolorous Stroke

Answer 1

Castle Carbonek

Question 2

king and queen of North Wales; parents of Launcelot

Answer 2

King Pant & Elayne

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Balan

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Saxons

Question 5

name of Arthur’s kingdom

Answer 5

Logres

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Camelot

Question 7

the sword of Arthur

Answer 7

Excalibur

Question 8

king of Briton; father of Arthur

Answer 8

Uther Pendragon

Question 9

knight who struck the Dolorous Stroke

Answer 9

Balyn

Question 10

to aid, assist, relieve

Answer 10

succour

Question 11

became infected, rotted

Answer 11

festered

Question 12

King Arthur’s foster father

Answer 12

Sir Ector

Question 13

Balan does not recognize Balyn because he does not have his own ..

Answer 13

shield

Question 14

Who does Merlin say will bring about the downfall of Logress?

Answer 14

Guinevere

Question 15

the knight whose coming to the Round Table signifies one year before the Holy Grail

Answer 15

Percivale

Question 16

Where will the best knight sit?

Answer 16

Siege Perilous

Question 17

“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 it and to whom?

Answer 17

Merlin to angry kings and knights

Question 18

“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 it and to whom?

Answer 18

Balan to Lady of the Castle

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Merlin to Arthur

Question 20

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

Answer 20

four armed knights to Gawain

Question 21

“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 it and to whom?

Answer 21

Arthur to Sir Accolon

Question 22

“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 it and to whom?

Answer 22

Sir Accolon to Arthur

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Avalon

Question 24

succour

Answer 24

to aid, assist, relieve

Question 25

dire

Answer 25

urgent, fearful