Book 2: Chapters 1-4

Question 1

father of Tristram; king of Lyonesse

Answer 1

King Rivalin

Question 2

killer of Rivalin and usurper of his throne

Answer 2

Morgan the Wicked

Question 3

servant of Rivalin who raised Tristram

Answer 3

Rual

Question 4

king of Cornwall; Tristram’s uncle

Answer 4

King Mark

Question 5

king of Ireland; father of Iseult

Answer 5

King Gurman

Question 6

King Gurman’s knight; uncle of Iseult; slain by Tristram

Answer 6

Sir Marhault

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Tintagel

Question 8

to hold back

Answer 8

restrain

Question 9

encouraged, nurtured, cared for

Answer 9

fostered

Question 10

became infected, rotted, decayed

Answer 10

festered

Question 11

“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 11

After hearing his story, Launcelot knows exactly how Tristram feels.

Question 12

restrain

Answer 12

to hold back

Question 13

fostered

Answer 13

encouraged, nurtured, cared for

Question 14

festered

Answer 14

became infected, rotted, decayed

Question 15

brother of Gawain, Gaheris, and Agravaine; Knight of the Kitchen

Answer 15

Sir Gareth

Question 16

damsel in distress; needed aid of Arthur’s knights

Answer 16

Lady Linnet

Question 17

sister of Lady Linnet; practiced evil magic

Answer 17

Lady Liones

Question 18

Red Knight; under spell of Morgana le Fay

Answer 18

Sir Ironside

Question 19

name of castle Red Knight is besieging; home of Lady Liones

Answer 19

Castle Dangerous

Question 20

lineage

Answer 20

ancestory

Question 21

miserable, woeful

Answer 21

wretched

Question 22

to reprove, criticize

Answer 22

rebuke

Question 23

“When you are a noble knight of noble birth, you shall have my love — but not before!” Who said this? and to whom?

Answer 23

Lady Liones to Sir Gareth

Question 24

son of Morgana le Fay; Arthur’s nephew

Answer 24

Mordred

Question 25

evil knight

Answer 25

Sir Turquyn

Question 26

Launcelot’s cousin

Answer 26

Lionel

Question 27

Launcelot’s half-brother

Answer 27

Hector

Question 28

evil sorceress; companion of Morgana le Fay

Answer 28

Allewes

Question 29

unequalled

Answer 29

peerless

Question 30

to confer, place

Answer 30

bestow

Question 31

dangerous risky

Answer 31

perilous

Question 32

“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 this? and to whom?

Answer 32

Lady Nimue to Arthur

Question 33

Knight of the Lake; the Green Knight

Answer 33

Sir Bernlak

Question 34

urgent, fearful

Answer 34

dire

Question 35

heroism, courage

Answer 35

valour

Question 36

ridicule, derision

Answer 36

mockery

Question 37

“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 this? and to whom?

Answer 37

Sir Bernlak to Gawain

Question 38

dire

Answer 38

urgent, fearful

Question 39

valour

Answer 39

heroism, courage

Question 40

mockery

Answer 40

ridicule, derision

Question 41

peerless

Answer 41

unequalled

Question 42

bestow

Answer 42

to confer, place

Question 43

perilous

Answer 43

dangerous risky

Question 44

ancestory

Answer 44

lineage

Question 45

wretched

Answer 45

miserable, woeful

Question 46

rebuke

Answer 46

to reprove, criticize