Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."By God,” the Green Knight said, "I am gladThat I shall have from your hand what I asked for here,And that you have repeated fully, in your own words,The whole of the covenant I asked of the King:Only now you must swear to me, upon your word,That you will expect, for yourself, wherever you manageTo find me on earth, to be repaid in kindFor what you accord me today before this high company.”
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.Pick up your grim tool nowAnd let us see how you handle it.”"Gladly, sir, I promise you,”Gawain said, stroking it. The Green Knight takes his stand without lingeringAnd bends his head a little to show the skin.He laid his long graceful locks across his crown,Leaving the naked neck bare and ready.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.The King, bold by nature,Went up to that huge manAnd said, "Knight, by heaven, your request is senseless.What you ask is such madness you deserve to have it granted.No knight I know is afraid of your great words.Give me your ax now, in the name of God,And I shall grant the boon that you have requested.”He strides toward him and grasps him by the hand.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.The knight on his horse turned in his saddle,And wildly he flashed his red eyes around,Arched his bristling bright-green eyebrows,And waved his beard, waiting to see who would stand up.When no one would answer him, he gave a loud coughAnd stretched as a lord might, and made ready to speak.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."No, I tell you in good faith, it is not a fight I have come for.These are nothing but beardless boys around this bench.If I were buckled in armor on a big horse,There is no man here strong enough to be worth riding against.And so in this court I call for a Christmas game . . .”
Which characteristics were part of the medieval code of chivalry? Select three options.humorloyaltymoralityelegancefaithfulness
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.When they had washed well, they went to sit at the table,The most famous knights nearest the top, as was proper,And Guenever, in high spirits, was seated in the middle of them,In the arrangement of the famous table, with them arrayed around her,Fine silk, furthermore, in a canopy over her,Of Toulouse red, and many Tharsian tapestriesEmbroidered and set with the finest of jewelsThat would have cost a great deal if someone had triedto buy them.
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Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.Yet Arthur would not eat until they were all served.He seemed full of the joy of youth, almost a boy.He was happy with his life; he cared littleFor lying in bed or sitting still for a long time,His young blood so stirred him and his wild brain.And there was a custom, besides, that he meant to keep,That he had assumed in his noble way: he would not eatOn such a holiday until he had been toldA tale all new of some wonderful event . . .
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Which descriptions portray a chivalric hero? Select three options.one who risks his life to protect his lordone who wears fine tapestries and jewelsone who fulfills a promise to the queenone who upholds strict moral valuesone who studies ancient texts
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.They went on staring at the knight for some time,Everyone wondering what it might meanFor a man and a horse to acquire such a color,As green as the grass grows, and greener still, it seemed,The green enamel glowing brighter on the gold.All of them standing there stared and crept closer to himWith all the wonder in the world, to see what he would do.For they had seen many marvels but never any like this,So they all thought it might be a phanto
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