Book 1: Chapter 1

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Camelot

Question 2

king of Briton; father of Arthur

Answer 2

Uther Pendragon

Question 3

mother of Arthur; unfaithful wife of Gorlois

Answer 3

Igrayne

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Avalon

Question 5

Arthur’s sword with magical scabbard

Answer 5

Excalibur

Question 6

the name given to the land over which Arthur ruled

Answer 6

Logres (Lów-gris)

Question 7

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

Answer 7

King Pellinore

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Britons

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Saxons

Question 10

ornate tent

Answer 10

pavilion

Question 11

awe; respect

Answer 11

reverence

Question 12

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

Answer 12

homage

Question 13

“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 13

Merlin to the angry kings and knights

Question 14

pavilion

Answer 14

ornate tent

Question 15

reverence

Answer 15

awe; respect