Quiz: Fit I

Question 1

Coat of arms; insignia

Answer 1

blazon

Question 2

Following

Answer 2

ensuing

Question 3

Outer garment

Answer 3

Vesture

Question 4

Discouraged

Answer 4

Dismayed

Question 5

Grandson or great-grandson of Aeneas; landed at Totness and then named the island Britain from his own name

Answer 5

Brutus

Question 6

Denying; contradicting

Answer 6

Gainsaying

Question 7

Prominent; distinguished

Answer 7

Eminent

Question 8

The location of King Arthur’s court

Answer 8

Camelot

Question 9

Train of attendants

Answer 9

Retinue

Question 10

The spirit and character of knighthood; honor, courtesy, and generosity

Answer 10

Chivalry

Question 11

Polished

Answer 11

Burnished

Question 12

Sharply

Answer 12

Acutely

Question 13

Respite; delay of sentence

Answer 13

Reprieve

Question 14

Made widely known

Answer 14

Bruited

Question 15

Who is Guinevere?

Answer 15

King Arthur’s wife and queen

Question 16

In some accounts, who is credited with making the round table?

Answer 16

Merlin

Question 17

When the poet says, “Listen to my lay but a little while:” (2.11ff), he proceeds to tell the reader in the following five lines see several things that his narrative poem will entail. Name three things he mentions.

Answer 17

It was in the city as he heard it; it will be spoken; it will be in alliterative verse

Question 18

What is the opening setting (time and place) of the poem?

Answer 18

Camelot at Christmastide

Question 19

What is the reputation of King Arthur’s court at this time?

Answer 19

Outstanding

Question 20

Courageous

Answer 20

Doughty