Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

What does the following passage mainly suggest about the lords (lines 121-124)? Yet several of the lords were like statues in their seats, left speechless and rigid, not risking a response. The hall fell hushed, as if all who were present had slipped into sleep or some trancelike state.

• The lords were frozen by Gawain's spell.
• The lords were afraid to speak and filled with dread.
• The lords were silenced by the green knight's magic.
• The lords were eager to challenge the green knight.

The passage below (lines 196-198) mainly suggests that _______. Then he laughed so hard that their leader saw red. Blood flowed to his fine-featured face and he raged inside.

• Sir Gawain was nervous to fight
• the green knight thought the men were strange looking
• King Arthur was angered by the green knight's insult
• King Arthur was sick and dying

Which of these inferences about Sir Gawain's character is best supported by his decision to accept the green knight's challenge?

• He is the smartest of the knights.
• He thinks he can outsmart the green knight.
• He does not want King Arthur or his fellow knights to die.
• He doesn't believe the green knight's threats are real.

Which inference is most strongly supported by the passage below (lines 79–93). A look of lightning flashed from somewhere in his soul. The force of that man’s fist would be a thunderbolt. Yet he wore no helmet and no hauberk either, no armored apparel or plate was apparent, and he swung no sword nor sported any shield, but held in one hand a sprig of holly— of all the evergreens the greenest ever— and in the other hand held the mother of all axes, a cruel piece of kit I kid you not: the head was an ell in length at least and forged in green steel with a gilt finish; the skull-busting blade was so stropped and buffed it could shear a man’s scalp and shave him to boot.

• The green knight was careless not to wear armor or bring a shield.
• The green knight doesn’t need armor to protect him because of his great physical size.
• The green knight is not worried about getting into a physical fight.
• The green knight intends to trick King Arthur.

Which sentence from the passage suggests that the Green Knight is unworried about being harmed?

• “A look of lightning flashed / from somewhere in his soul.​”
• “The force of that man’s fist / would be a thunderbolt.”
• “and he swung no sword nor sported any shield, / but held in one hand a sprig of holly”
• “the skull-busting blade was so stropped and buffed / it could shear a man’s scalp and shave him to boot.”

Which inference about the green knight is best supported by the text?

• The green knight wants to intimidate King Arthur and take his throne.
• The green knight doesn’t think the King’s knights present him much challenge.
• The green knight thinks King Arthur’s men are fearsome fighters.
• The green knight is a former friend of King Arthur’s seeking revenge.

Which passage from the excerpt best supports the idea that the Green Knight respected King Arthur and his knights as warriors?

• “If I’d ridden to your castle rigged out for a ruck / these lightweight adolescents wouldn’t last a minute.”
• “But it’s Yuletide—a time of youthfulness, yes?”
• “I shall give him as a gift this gigantic cleaver / and the axe shall be his to handle how he likes.”
• “Does no one have the nerve / to wager in this way?”

Check all that are examples of alliteration.

• "All the details of his dress are difficult to describe"
• "should grow to be grass-green or greener still"
• "Where's the fortitude and fearlessness you're so famous for?"
• "I am weakest of your warriors and feeblest of wit;"
• "or a most massive man, the mightiest of mortals."

Identify the figurative language in the following: "Yet several of the lords were like statues in their seats"

• hyperbole
• imagery
• metaphor
• simile

Identify the figurative language in the following: "The force of that man's fist would be a thunderbolt."

• hyperbole
• irony
• onomotopoeia
• simile