Quiz: Fit II

Question 1

Free from blame

Answer 1

Irreproachable

Question 2

White or gray with age

Answer 2

Hoary

Question 3

These represent the inner self, the spirt self - that can practice virtue or vice

Answer 3

Five wits

Question 4

Showing prudence or wise self-restraint

Answer 4

Discreet

Question 5

December or January; Christmas and connected festivities

Answer 5

Yuletide

Question 6

With kindness; gladly

Answer 6

Blithely

Question 7

In spring

Answer 7

Verbal

Question 8

Strong and sturdy

Answer 8

Stalwart

Question 9

The five-pointed symbol that represents five virtues of the knight that are interrelated and make up holy truth

Answer 9

Pentangle

Question 10

A brief moment; instantly

Answer 10

Trice

Question 11

One of the principal virtues of knighthood

Answer 11

Courtesy

Question 12

Descendant; heir

Answer 12

Scion

Question 13

Faithfulness

Answer 13

Troth

Question 14

Traveling; going

Answer 14

Wending

Question 15

Knight; mounted soldier

Answer 15

Chevalier

Question 16

Why does the poet use a lot of beautiful seasonal imagery in stanzas 22-23

Answer 16

The imagery, with its contrasts and oppositions, heightens the dramatic suspense of Gawain’s predicament.

Question 17

“Whether date be foul or fair,
Why falter I or fear?
What should Man do but do dare?”

What virtues are revealed in Gawain here?

Answer 17

Faith and courage

Question 18

What does Gawain attend just before he leaves on his journey?

Answer 18

Mass

Question 19

Who or what is etched on the inside of Gawain’s shield?

Answer 19

Mary, the Queen of Heaven

Question 20

Who said, And I think it fitter to fall dead than fail in my errand”?

Answer 20

Gawain