Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

How long does Gawain stay at Bertilak’s castle?

six nights

Who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

An anonymous writer known as the Gawain-poet

What classical city is mentioned at the beginning and end of the poem?

Troy

During whose reign does the poem take place?

King Arthur

Next to whom does Gawain sit at the New Year’s feast?

Queen Guinevere

What is the name of Gawain’s horse?

Gringolet

 What animal does the host hunt on the second day?

Boar

What color is Gawain’s surcoat?

red

Where is Gawain supposed to find the Green Knight?

The Green Chapel

What is the Green Knight’s real name?

Bertilak de Hautdesert

What is Bertilak’s wife’s true name?

She remains nameless.

Which of the following is an example of alliteration? Check all that apply

There hurtles in at the hall-door an unknown rider,
One the greatest on ground in growth of his frame:
From broad neck to buttocks so bulky and thick,
And his loins and his legs so long and so great,
Half a giant on earth I hold him to be,

Gawain was glad to begin those games in hall,
But if the end be harsher, hold it no wonder,
For though men are merry in mind after much drink,
A year passes apace, and proves ever new:
First things and final conform but seldom

[T]here hoved a great hall and fair:
Turrets rising in tiers, with tines at their tops,
Spires set beside them, splendidly long,
With finials well-fashioned, as filigree fine.

What four men does Gawain compare himself to in Part 4?

Adam, Solomon, Samson, and David

How many points does the star on Gawain’s shield have?

5

What happens to the Green Knight’s first axe?

Gawain and Arthur mount it on the wall as a souvenir.

What love token does the lady first offer Gawain?

a ring

How much time does Gawain have to locate the Green Knight?

Exactly one year and one day

 What weapon does the Green Knight have in Part 4?

A Danish axe

 During what century was Sir Gawain and the Green Knight composed?

The fourteenth

Why does Gawain refuse the lady’s advances? Check all that apply

Because the chivalric code requires him to remain chaste

Because she is married

Because he aspires to the values represented by the pentangle

How many kisses does Gawain receive from the lady on the second day?

2

What is the name of the court where Gawain first meets the Green Knight?

Camelot

What is Gawain’s relationship to King Arthur?

nephew

Why does Gawain take the lady’s green girdle?

Because he doesn’t want to die

What does Bertilak’s castle appear to be made of when Gawain first sees it?

paper