Le Morte d'Arthur

What is a better word than "author" for Sir Thomas Malory?

• writer

• compiler

• scribe

• dreamer

True or false: King Uther Pendragon wages war on the Duke of Tintagel because the king wants the Duchess for himself.

• True

• False

Who makes it possible for the king to recover from courtlyloveitis and spend the night with the lady Igraine?

• Gawain

• Merlin

• Morgan le Fay

• the Duke

True or false: Arthur has been raised from a baby to assume the crown and throne upon his father's death.

• True

• False

The marriage of Igraine and Uther is marked by:

• honesty

• lies

• anger

• many children

Who are Arthur's parents?

• Sir Ector and his wife

• the Lady Igraine and King Uther

• the lady Igraine and an unknown father

• Morgan le Fay and Merlin

Why must Arthur remove the sword from the anvil to prove his right to rule?

• It is an age-old ritual.

• The sword has his name on it.

• Who is going to accept a boy as king just on word of mouth?

• The archbishop was told to provide the test in a dream.

True or false: Arthur is unaware of what removing the sword actually means.

• True

• False

Which term best describes the fact that the common people supported Arthur's claim to the throne in the face of the noble class's resistance?

• motif

• paradox

• irony

• foreshadowing

What does this mean to us?

• Arthur is king forever.

• His soul will live on.

• Here lies Arthur, who was king and will be king again.

• Here is Arthur, the savior of his future people.