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Arthurian Legend Flashcards

1
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Repeating sound at the beginning of a word

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Alliteration

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2
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Universal idea in a story

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Theme

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3
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The something special, what distinguishes a knight, linked to birth right

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Franchise

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4
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Repeating things such as numbers or symbols

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Motif

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5
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Stories based on history, the describe history

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Legend

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6
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Stories about knights and their the adventures, around well known figure, quests, supernatural elements

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Medieval romance

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7
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The code for knights

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Chivalry

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8
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Story with both literal and figurative meanings and

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Allegory

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9
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A knight’s behavior at court, behavior towards women

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Courtesy

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10
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Arthur’s mother?

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Lady Igraine

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11
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Arthur’s mentor?

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Merlin

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12
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Arthur’s father?

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Utter pendragon

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13
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Arthur’s foster father?

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Sid Ector

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14
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Arthur’s sister?

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Morgan le Fey

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15
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Arthur’s wife?

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Guinevere

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16
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Arthur’s son?

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Mordred

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17
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Arthur’s uncle? The king after Vortigern, king until death- murdered

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Ambrosius Aurelius

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18
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Arthur’s foster brother?

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Sir Kay

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19
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Who was put on a love potion?

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Tristan and Isolde

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20
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Who gave Excalibur to Arthur?

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Lady of the lake

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21
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Last knight to live?

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Bedivere

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22
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How did Lucan die?

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Gut wound, when trying to pick up Arthur split open.

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23
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Who gave Arthur his round table?

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Leodegran

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24
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Duke that hid lady igraine (his wife)

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Duke Gorlois

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25
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Woman who Merlin fell in love with and was imprisoned by

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Nimue

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26
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Who is the demon child?

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Merlin

27
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Author?

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Thomas Malory

28
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Gawain’s two brothers that were killed

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Gareth and Gaheris

29
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Who does Arthur commit incest with

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Morgan

30
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What does the questing beast represent?

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Arthur’s incestuous acts with Morgan

31
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Knight that betrayed Arthur?

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Lancelot (by affair)

32
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Who turned Morgan from a healer to a villain

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Cistercian monks

33
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Who had a wound that could never be healed?

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Fisher king

34
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Lancelot’s son

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Galahad

35
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Who couldn’t board the ship unless he saved a woman from sexual assault

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Bohr

36
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Who let Gawain come to warn Arthur?

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Virgin Mary, he had her in his shield

37
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Green knight was actually who?

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Lord Bertilak

38
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Who tried to take credit for pulling the sword and the stone

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Sir Kay

39
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Who stabbed Jesus with a spear

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Longinus

40
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Who brought the holy grail to England?

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Joseph of arimathea

41
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What knight lives in Joyous garde in France?

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Lancelot

42
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Who is king of corbenic? Blanchefleur’s husband?

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Percival

43
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Queen of wasteland

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Blanchefleur

44
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Who wants and does expose Lancelot and Guinevere in

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Mordred

45
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Gawain went up against who?

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The green knight

46
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Other name for Excalibur?

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Caliber

47
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Who many times did it take bedivere to return the sword?

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3 times

48
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The ship enchanted went to?

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Wasteland corbenic

49
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Where did nimue trap Merlin?

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Forest called broceliande

50
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Who is know as the cowardly king because he fled to a tower?

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Vortigern

51
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The place above where the dragons lay, where the tower was built

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Sowden

52
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Where was stone hedge originally from

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Ireland, mt. killaraus

53
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In what castle was Arthur born

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Tintagel

54
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Isle of apples, Arthur was taken after death

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Avalon

55
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What knight never got the castle for the holy grail?

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Ector

56
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What is Gawain given at the lord’s castle that will protect him (should’ve given it to the lord)

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The green belt

57
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Which dragon represents the British?

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Red dragon

58
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Which dragon represents the saxons

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White dragon

59
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What was the green knights purpose?

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To test reputation

60
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The poet of Gawain and the green knight his name is?

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The pearl poet or Gawain poet

61
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The chair at the round table can only the purest of heart sit at, what’s its called and who can sit there?

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The siege perilous, Galahad

62
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3 pattern

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3 knights left, wait 3 days before battle, lord and lady’s gifts, 3 times til sword got thrown back, 3 times she spun in the air, 3 women took Arthur’s body, 3 times the axe comes down, 3 days at castle (G&GK)

63
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Disguises and enchantments

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‘Utter’s disguise’, needs a wife for bloodline and falls in love with lady igraine who is married to duke Gorliois when he learns of utters desires moves to a castle called Tintagel which is surrounded by water, Merlin warns utter who begs to use his magic, agrees but only for a favor- if they conceive a child the child goes with him- Utter agrees, when the duke is called away for battle utter disguises as the him, is allowed entrance and goes to the bedroom with lady then leaves, they conceive a child, the next day duke’s body is brought in from battle- he died, Utter ask for lady’s had, she says yes but confesses what happened- so does he, she forgives him and they have a boy. Merlin takes Arthur (knew utter killed, Arthur vulnerable)

Tristen and Isolde (enchantment)
Tristen is nephew to king mark, who is married to Isolde who is across the sea, he boards boat to go get her, on their way back they have wine which was a love potion, they fall in love that night and they start an affair even after the effects, overtime mark gets suspicious, one day Tristin and Isolde are sitting together and mark finds them and stabs Tristin in the back

64
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Dreams

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Sir ector (warned to not go on quest for the holy grail)
Arthur #1 (questing beast- his realization (with Merlin’s help) of his incestuous action with Morgan)
Arthur #2 the dragon and the bear (idk)

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