Question 12 of 15 • OK-English Language Arts 12 A-CR
Read the excerpt from Le Morte d’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory.Then Sir Bedivere returned again, and took the sword in his hand; and then him thought sin and shame to throw away that noble sword . . .Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.Then went Sir Bedivere the second timeAcross the ridge, and paced beside the mere,Counting the dewy pebbles, fix’d in thought;But when he saw the wonder of the hilt,How curiously and strangely chased, he smoteHis palms together, and he cried aloud,"And if indeed I cast the brand away,Surely a precious thing, one worthy note,Should thus be lost for ever from the earth”
Answer
A
Tennyson’s version highlights Sir Bedivere’s second attempt to get rid of the sword.
B
Tennyson’s version conveys Sir Bedivere’s desire to please the king regardless of his feelings.
C
Tennyson’s version highlights how Sir Bedivere thought that the sword was a burden.
D
Tennyson’s version conveys Sir Bedivere’s extreme reluctance to get rid of the sword.