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ME: All about knights

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of a hero epitomizes the ME period?

a)

warrior

b)

explorer

c)

adventurer

d)

knight

2.

Which expression sums up "the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code"?

a)

knightery

b)

nightery

c)

chivalry

3.

Tick all the knight should be:

a)

chaste

b)

pious

c)

honourable

d)

courageous

e)

generous

4.

Tick all the knight should be:

a)

honest

b)

courteous

c)

resilient

d)

well-mannered

e)

just

5.

Tick all items that go with the knight:

a)

sword

b)

horse

c)

lance

d)

armour

e)

coat of arms

6.

Which social rank did the knight commonly recruit from?

a)

lower nobility

b)

royal family

c)

laymen

7.

The knight was expected to be able to:

a)

fight

b)

sing

c)

dance

d)

compose verses for a lady

e)

ride a horse

8.

Which of the following became a symbol of Britons?

a)

King Alfred the Great

b)

King Arthur

c)

King Canute the Great

d)

King Ethelred

9.

However, who did King Arthur supposedly fight against?

a)

the Romans

b)

the Celts

c)

the Anglo-Saxons

10.

King Arthur's castle is called:

a)

Camelot

b)

Lancelot

c)

Bertillak

d)

Conisbrough

11.

King Arthur's knights were called The Knights of what kind of Table?

a)

Pentagram

b)

Pentacle

c)

Square

d)

Round

12.

Tick the characters associated with Arthurian legends.

a)

Gandalf

b)

Merlin

c)

Percival

d)

Grindelwald

e)

Morgana

13.

The last question is the most provocative one. In The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer one of the pilgrims, the Wife of Bath, tells a story of a knight who raped a fair young maiden. King Arthur issues a decree that the knight must be brought to justice. When the knight is captured, he is condemned to death, but Queen Guinevere intercedes on his behalf and asks the King to allow her to pass judgment upon him. The Queen tells the knight that he will be spared his life if he can discover for her what it is that women most desire. What do you think is the right answer that the knight seeks and eventually finds?

a)

love

b)

money

c)

beauty

d)

power