Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Multiple Choice

What holiday is the party at King Arthur's court?

• New Year's Eve

• Easter

• King Arthur's Birthday

• Christmas

Reorder

Put the following events in order.

• The Green Knight enters the court

• The Green Knight offers a game

• King Arthur grabs the Green Knight's axe

• Sir Gawain offers to play the Green Knight's "game"

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Open Ended

What is the Green Knight's game?

Multiple Choice

How many times did Gawain receive a kiss and pass it on the the other lord?

• Once

• Twice

• Three times

• Four times

Multiple Choice

What did Gawain take from the Lady that he did NOT give to the Lord?

• A gold ring

• A green silk sash

• A box of gold

• A royal robe

Multiple Choice

How many times did the Green Knight swing his axe at Gawain?

• Once

• Twice

• Three times

• Four times

Open Ended

Why did the Green Knight stop his first swing at Gawain?

Open Ended

What happened with the third swing of the Green Knight's axe?

Multiple Choice

Who really was the Green Knight?

• One of King Arthur's knights in disguise.

• The Lord from the other castle in disguise.

• A ghost that Gawain imagined seeing

• The Lady form the other castle in disguise.

Open Ended

At the end of the story, Gawain feels shame and like a coward for wearing the sash, since he believed it would save his life. Although the Lord/Green Knight forgives him, what do you think about Gawain's character at this point? Did he follow the Chivalric Code?