Book 1: Chapters 1-3

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Lady Nimue

Question 2

nephew of Arthur; brave knight of the round table

Answer 2

Gawain

Question 3

seat, chair

Answer 3

Siege

Question 4

to aid, assist, relieve

Answer 4

succour

Question 5

contrition, remotes, regret

Answer 5

penance

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Merlin to Arthur

Question 7

“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?

Answer 7

four armed knights to Gawain

Question 8

knight who struck the Dolorous Stroke

Answer 8

Balyn

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Balan

Question 10

cruel king of N. Wales

Answer 10

King Ryon

Question 11

the invisible knight

Answer 11

Garlon

Question 12

king of Castle Carbonek; victim of the Dolorous Stroke

Answer 12

King Pelles

Question 13

the cup Jesus drank from the Last Supper

Answer 13

Holy Grail

Question 14

place where Holy Grail resided; place of Dolorous Stroke

Answer 14

Castle Carbonek

Question 15

to pay off; to compensate for

Answer 15

redeem

Question 16

expressions of grief; mournings

Answer 16

lamentations

Question 17

sorrowful

Answer 17

plaintive

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 this? and to whom?

Answer 18

Balan to the Lady of Castle

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Camelot

Question 20

king of Briton; father of Arthur

Answer 20

Uther Pendragon

Question 21

mother of Arthur; unfaithful wife of Gorlois

Answer 21

Igrayne

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Avalon

Question 23

Arthur’s sword with magical scabbard

Answer 23

Excalibur

Question 24

the name given to the land over which Arthur ruled

Answer 24

Logres (Lów-gris)

Question 25

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

Answer 25

King Pellinore

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Britons

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Saxons

Question 28

ornate tent

Answer 28

pavilion

Question 29

awe; respect

Answer 29

reverence

Question 30

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

Answer 30

homage

Question 31

“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 31

Merlin to the angry kings and knights

Question 32

pavilion

Answer 32

ornate tent

Question 33

reverence

Answer 33

awe; respect

Question 34

redeem

Answer 34

to pay off; to compensate for

Question 35

lamentations

Answer 35

expressions of grief; mournings

Question 36

plaintive

Answer 36

sorrowful

Question 37

Siege

Answer 37

seat, chair

Question 38

succour

Answer 38

to aid, assist, relieve

Question 39

penance

Answer 39

contrition, remotes, regret