Arthur Cumulative Review (Book I - Book II Chapter 4)

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

King Mark’s castle in Cornwall; castle where Igrayne was tricked by Uther

Answer 10

Tintagel

Question 11

Launcelot’s half-brother

Answer 11

Hector

Question 12

Knight of the Lake; the Green Knight

Answer 12

Sir Bernlak

Question 13

sister of Lady Linnet; practices evil magic

Answer 13

Lady Liones

Question 14

encouraged, nurtured

Answer 14

fostered

Question 15

to aid, assist, relieve

Answer 15

succour

Question 16

miserable, woeful

Answer 16

wretched

Question 17

urgent, fearful

Answer 17

dire

Question 18

became infected, rotted

Answer 18

festered

Question 19

King Arthur’s foster father

Answer 19

Sir Ector

Question 20

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

Answer 20

shield

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Guinevere

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Percivale

Question 23

Where will the best knight sit?

Answer 23

Siege Perilous

Question 24

The Green Knight has come to Arthur’s court to test the Round Table

Answer 24

bravery

Question 25

The person who sent the Green Knight to Arthur's court

Answer 25

Nimue

Question 26

the chapel where Launcelot has to go to save the injured knight

Answer 26

Chapel Perilous

Question 27

Sir Gareth's brother

Answer 27

Gawain

Question 28

the best knight Launcelot has ever jousted with

Answer 28

Tristram

Question 29

What does Queen Isaud keep to avenge the death of her brother

Answer 29

a sword chip

Question 30

"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 30

Merlin to angry kings and knights

Question 31

"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 31

Balan to Lady of the Castle

Question 32

"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 32

Merlin to Arthur

Question 33

"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 33

four armed knights to Gawain

Question 34

"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 34

Arthur to Sir Accolon

Question 35

"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 35

Sir Accolon to Arthur

Question 36

"As for the lace, you hid it but for love of your life -- and that is a little sin, and for it I pardon you." Who said it and to whom?

Answer 36

Sir Bernlak to Gawain

Question 37

"Merlin has spoken his name to you -- and see, that name grows in letters of gold upon the empty siege on the right hand of the Siege Perilous!" Who said it and to whom?

Answer 37

Lady Nimue to Arthur

Question 38

"When you are a noble knight of noble birth, you shall have my love -- but not before!" Who said it and to whom?

Answer 38

Lady Liones to Sir Gareth

Question 39

"Only Launcelot bowed his head in his hands, and the tears ran between his fingers as he thought of his own love for Guinevere." Why does Launcelot cry?

Answer 39

Launcelot cries because he knows exactly how Tristram feels.

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Avalon

Question 41

fostered

Answer 41

encouraged, nurtured

Question 42

succour

Answer 42

to aid, assist, relieve

Question 43

wretched

Answer 43

miserable, woeful

Question 44

dire

Answer 44

urgent, fearful

Question 45

festered

Answer 45

became infected, rotted