le morte d' arthur

Question 1

written by

Answer 1

sir thomas mallory

Question 2

king arthur’s favorite knight

Answer 2

sir launcelot

Question 3

king’s wife

Answer 3

Gwynevere

Question 4

arthur’s son and

Answer 4

sir modred

Question 5

who is sentenced to burn at the stake

Answer 5

gwynevere

Question 6

launcelot slays two knights who are brothers of _______

Answer 6

sir gaain

Question 7

where is launcelot banished

Answer 7

france

Question 8

where did launcelot’s army settle

Answer 8

benwick

Question 9

who was appointed king in arthur’s absence

Answer 9

sir modred

Question 10

how many men did arthur carry with him to france

Answer 10

sixty thousand

Question 11

what does sir launcelot decide to do in the beginning

Answer 11

send a messenger and ask for peace as he doesn not want to shed blood against his own ruler and to stop the depridation

Question 12

what does arthur want to do when he receives launcelot’s message

Answer 12

stop the war

Question 13

what is gawain’s mind towards the war

Answer 13

the war will not stop till he or launcelot is dead

Question 14

who accepted gawain’s challenge, first

Answer 14

sir bors

Question 15

who accepted gawain’s challenge, second

Answer 15

sir lyonel

Question 16

how long did gawain defeat launcelot’s men in challenges

Answer 16

every day for 6 months

Question 17

what is a courser

Answer 17

a horse trained for battle

Question 18

who did gawain challenge last

Answer 18

sir launcelot

Question 19

how did gawain go as the battle progressed

Answer 19

got stronger

Question 20

what did sir launcelot think of the battle as time passed

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that he was battling with a fiend incarnate (devil in human form)

Question 21

how does sir gawain’s strength go?

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strength increased for 3 hours in the morning, reached zenith at noon, wanes again

Question 22

how long did it take for sir gawain to recover

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3 weeks

Question 23

sir launcelot will never

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strike a knight who has fallen. God defend me from such dishonor!

Question 24

what happened as sir gawain was preparing to challenge sir launcelot for the 3rd time

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king arthur received news that mordred was taking over the throne and embarked for britain

Question 25

what did mordred decide to do during the absence of his dad

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usurp the throne, had false letters written that declared arhtur's death and made parliament read and persuaded the nobility to elect him king

Question 26

what does the archbishop threaten mordred with

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curse with book, spell, candle

Question 27

what did sir modred promise the brits that made them transfer so readily

Answer 27

peace and festivity

Question 28

how much men did sir modred take where to battle against arthur

Answer 28

100,000 to dover

Question 29

who won the battle

Answer 29

arthur

Question 30

it is gawain's _____ and ____ that brought all this about

Answer 30

stubbornness and pride

Question 31

how does gawain die

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from the re-opened wound first done by launcelot

Question 32

what does gawain request for launcelot to do in his death letter

Answer 32

visit my tomb and offer prayer | go across the sea to britain and aid arthur

Question 33

what day is gawain writing the letter

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tenth of may

Question 34

what time did gawain die

Answer 34

noon

Question 35

where is gawainburied

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chapel at dover castle

Question 36

where is the wound on gawain

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on the head

Question 37

where does sir mordred offer arthur battle after gawain's death

Answer 37

baron down

Question 38

where did mordred flee after the battle at baron down

Answer 38

canterbury

Question 39

when did arthur have a dream

Answer 39

trinity sunday

Question 40

what was arthur appareled in during the dream

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gold cloth and seated in achair in a pivtored caffold

Question 41

what warning does gawain give in arthur's dream

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do not battle mordred tomorrow otherwise you and your men will die. call a truce for a month on mordred's terms and then launcelot will be there

Question 42

during the truce meeting, each man was to be accompanied with how many knights

Answer 42

14

Question 43

what caused the armies to clash at hte peace meetings

Answer 43

a soldier was bit by a snake and drew his sword to kill it. this caused armies to rush forward

Question 44

how many men survived

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4

Question 45

what happened between mordred and arthur

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arthur speared mordred, mordred cut into arthur's skull

Question 46

what does modred ask sir bedivere to do three times

Answer 46

throw his sword, excalibur into the lake

Question 47

where does arthur go

Answer 47

avalon

Question 48

where is arthur buried

Answer 48

glastonbury

Question 49

what is on arthur's tomb

Answer 49

here lies arthur, the once and future king