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where was the stone with the sword located?

A

in the church yard

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who is Sir Kay’s dad?

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Sir Hecter

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to lift up the sword, what did Arthur pull it by?

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the hilt

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what was sir kays “big lie”

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that he pulled out the sword and he will be king

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who replace the blade back in the stone

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sir kay

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when sir kay was lifting the sword what did it describe that it felt like he was lifting

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trying to lift a church

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how did sir kay feel when he couldn’t pull it out

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ashamed

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what occupation did Arthur have?

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sir kays squire

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what was the handle?

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jeweled

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when he pulled it out what did they say it was like?

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as if he were lifting it from clear water

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who was sir hectors closest friend

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Merlin

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what did the white and red dragon stand for

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white=Saxons

red=britains (king vortigern)

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what were the dragons before they became dragons?

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serpents

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what did the dragons fight on?

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a silk tent

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how long did the nobles fight for?

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12 years

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how long has it been since Merlin took Arthur In between when Arthur pulled out the sword

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15 years

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what were the three predictions?

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1 the pool underneath the tower
2 vortigerns death
3 the outcomes of the wars (uther’s)

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17
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what was unscripted in the stone

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whosever can pull this sword out of this stone is the true king of Britain

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18
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who said that King vortigerns would need the blood of a boy with no father in order for your tower to stand?

A

the Kings astrologers and wise men

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why did the Kings men say that you would need the blood of a boy with no father to put into the cement?

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to make it sturdy

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what was Arthur’s fathers name?

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King uther pendragon

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why did Merlin want Arthur?

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to raise and educate him

-uther owes him a favour for all that Merlin has predicted

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what did the queen wrap Arthur in before giving him to Merlin

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gold cloth

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what was Arthur’s mothers name?

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queen igraine

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what was Merlin dressed as when 2 Knights and 2 ladies gave Arthur to Merlin?

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a beggar

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how long after arthur was born did uther fall ill

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3 years after

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what did Merlin do to protect Arthur when the nobles fought for 12 years,

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kept him in hiding

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27
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who raised Arthur?

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sir hector

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who were the two people that resemble Arthur a little but?

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Daniel and Joseph

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29
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what were the two traits that Arthur had that we could have in our next leader?

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pure soul/heart
shouldn’t be arrogant or proud
serve people

30
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when did this story take place?

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5th century

31
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what was the wicked kings name?

A

king vortigern

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how many times did vortigern build his tower to defend his kingdom?

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three

33
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what did the kings messengers come across?

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two boys quarelling

34
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what was Merlins father?

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an Incubas invisible to the eye

35
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How old was Merlin when the messengers cam eto him?

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seven

36
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What did merlin say that what was making the tower unsteady?

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the pool underneath the tower

37
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after the men were to drain the pool what are they to find?

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two stones and inside the stones two sleeping dragons

38
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what do the two dragons stand for?

A

that the white is the warriors that will once slay you

39
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When uther pendragon became king what did merlin become?

A

his chief magician

40
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How did uther win over the person he desired most?

A

with merlins help

41
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how many nobles tried to lift the sword?

A

250

42
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how many men guarded the mysterious sword?

A

10

43
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who rejoiced?

A

the commoners

44
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what doies citadel mean?

A

tower

45
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what the other name for merlin?

A

Myrddin Emrys

46
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who is the kings council?

A

astrologoers, wisemen

47
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what does delve mean?>

A

go down

48
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In the pool what are did merlin say they would find/?

A

two vessles

two vases that joined neck to neck in the pool

49
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what was in the two vases?

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a silk tent

50
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whats inside the tent?

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two serpents one red and one white

51
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once the serpents were exposed to the air what did they turn into?

A

dragons

52
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how many times did the white dragon assail the red

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three

53
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who ended up winning the battle?

A

the red dragon

54
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once Merlin could not see the dragons anymore what did he do?

A

turned to the councillors to see if they knew what their actions had meant
but again they could not answer

55
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what does the pool stand for?

A

our world

56
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what is the tent?

A

king voritgerns kingdom

57
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what is the red dragon?

A

dragon of the Britons

58
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what is the white dragon>?

A

saxons

59
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what did vortigern do with his councillors?

A

put them to death

60
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what was Emrys later known as?

A

Mage Myrddin Emrys (merlin in english)

61
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the mountain which has housed the captive dragons was renamed what?>

A

dinas emrys

62
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the red dragon went on and became the symbol of what?

A

the welsh people

63
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t/f two dragons emerged from the stones

A

true

64
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t/f merlin was seven when the messengers found him

A

true

65
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merlins father was invisible to the eye t/f

A

true

66
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sir hector was arthurs closest friend t/f

A

false merlin was

67
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the white dragon was killed by the red dragon t/f

A

true

68
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sir hector placed the sword back into the stone t/f

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false sir kay did

69
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what might this myth be trying to explain?

A

an act that can only be preformed by a person of pure heart and willing to sacrifice himself for others.

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what did the fight between the dragons mean?

A

that the king would drive off the saxons and that the king would eventually die at the hand of saxons

71
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what might this myth be trying to say about what our future leader may be?

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  • amongst the commoners
  • arthur was truly of the poeple
  • arthur had purity of mind and soul
72
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how does david connect with arthur

A
  • shepard unnoble
  • servant bringing food for the people who fought
  • david beats the giant
  • becomes king
73
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how does joseph connect with arthur?

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  • son of jacob who was a chiefton
  • bunch of dreams
  • predicted that he would be ruler
  • given coat of many colours
  • brothers sold him
  • went to egypt
  • predicted dreams for the king
  • 0becomes ruler

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