Part One
Who is Sir Gawain.
What is the Green Knight's "game?"
What is to take his axe and use it to hit him. Then, in a year and a day, the Green Knight will be able to return the hit.
What does Gawain hear as he approaches the Green Knight's "chapel?"
What is the sharpening of a blade.
How does Gawain react after the Green Knight makes fun of him for flinching at the axe?
What is he states that he will not flinch again.
What is romantic relationships.
The text states that King Arthur's court is gathered for the Yule and New Year. What is "the Yule?"
What is Christmas.
How do Arthur's knights fail the code of chivalry?
What is none of them accept the Green Knight's challenge, forcing Arthur to take responsibility when it was not his role to do so.
What does the Green Knight say when he sees that Gawain flinched at the axe?
What is he calls into question Gawain's character and mocks his fear.
How many times does the Green Knight "feint" Gawain?
What is three.
What is France.
Describe the appearance of the Green Knight when he enters King Arthur's court, other than that his skin is completely green.
What is he wore no armor, held a holly branch, has a long, flowing beard. He is also much taller than anyone in Arthur's court.
What is the first thing that the lady of the castle offers Gawain?
What is a golden ring.
What two things does the Green Knight reveal to Gawain after their challenge?
What are that he is the lord of the castle and that he told the lady of the castle to seduce Gawain.
What does the Green Knight say about Gawain after their "game" is finished?
What is that Gawain "stands out above all other knights" but that he lacks in loyalty; however, because Gawain took the sash to save his life, the Green Knight does not blame Gawain for doing so
Name one "rule" from the code of chivalry.
What is to never lie, to defend the weak, to (if necessary) defend the church
Describe how Gawain and Arthur feel once the Green Knight leaves the court and provide textual evidence to support your answer.
What is both are uneasy and try to cover up their concern; the Green Knight challenged the court unexpectedly and the Green Knight surviving Gawain's blow was likely a shocking event; both must live with the fear that Gawain will likely not return alive.
List two similarities and two differences between the Green Knight and the lady of the castle.
What is both challenge Gawain's chivalry and are deceptive; however, the Green Knight is skilled in combat and hunts and the lady of the castle is charming and seductive
Defend the argument that the Green Knight is not a villain; then, defend the argument that he is.
What is he is not a villain because he does not harm anyone and forgives Gawain for his mistakes; he is a villain because he sets Gawain up for failure and disrespects Arthur, Gawain, and Arthur's knights
List three characteristics of the Green Knight's personality and provide specific examples from the text to support your answer.
What is that he is a bit cocky, arrogant, forgiving, and cunning; he blatantly challenged Arthur's court and disrespected his knights, he also kept several secrets from Gawain, which Gawain likely would never have discovered on his own
Provide specific examples from the text that demonstrates that the Green Knight has and has not lived up to a knight's code of chivalry.
What is he kept his word to Gawain and fulfilled his part of the game without fear; however, he also deceived Gawain and almost made Gawain compromise his chivlaric code as a knight.
List two similarities and two differences between Sir Gawain's challenge with the Green Knight and Beowulf's challenge with Grendel's mother.
What is in both cases the "heroes" are fighting impossible battles and Gawain and Beowulf are the only ones to accept the challenge; however, Sir Gawain does not fully understand his opponent and Gawain is not initially "successful."
List two similarities and two differences between Arthur and his knights, providing specific examples from the text to support your answer.
What is both likely value chivalry and are warriors; however, Arthur is braver than his knights and likely has more concern for Gawain's fate than the knights.
What happens after Gawain and the Green Knight part ways? What does Arthur's reaction to Gawain tell you about Arthur's character?
What is Gawain wears the green sash on his return to Camelot and Arthur makes the green sash a part of the dress code of the knights of the Round Table; this demonstrates that Arthur is a noble king who values honesty and (yes) integrity
List two similarities and two differences between Gawain and Beowulf.
What is both are brave and arguably live up to their "code" of honor; however, Beowulf is stronger and more prideful than Gawain.
How is an Arthurian romance different than and similar to an epic poem?
What is an Arthurian romance is “a dramatic verse or prose narrative that usually involves adventurous heroes, idealized live, exotic places, and supernatural events;” an epic poem is also a narrative with a hero, but the hero does not necessarily need to live up to the code of chivalry and there are not necessarily magical elements or supernatural events