Question 15 of 25 • DCSS British Literature 12 CR 24-25
Read the excerpt from Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory.That is untruly said of thee, said the king, therefore go thou lightly again, and do my commandment; as thou art to me lief and dear, spare not, but throw it in.Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.To whom replied King Arthur, faint and pale:"Thou hast betray’d thy nature and thy name,Not rendering true answer, as beseem’dThy fëalty, nor like a noble knight:For surer sign had follow’d, either hand,Or voice, or else a motion of the mere.This is a shameful thing for men to lie.Yet now, I charge thee, quickly go againAs thou art lief and dear, and do the thingI bade thee, watch, and lightly bring me word.”
Answer
A
Tennyson’s version describes King Arthur ordering Sir Bedivere to do something again.
B
Tennyson’s version stresses the betrayal King Arthur feels by drawing the dialogue out longer.
C
Tennyson’s version shows that King Arthur is pleased with Sir Bedivere’s previous actions.
D
Tennyson’s version stresses the physical pain King Arthur is in by adding additional imagery.