Sir Gawain
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Final Jeopardy
Characters
Knights
3 instances in which
Sir Gawain is tested
in the poem.
What are the quest, the
seduction scenes, the
guide’s warning, the
final chapter of the
Beheading Game?
Gawain does this the 1st
time Lady Bertilak
enters his room.
What is pretends to
be asleep?
The name of Gawain’s
horse.
What is Gringolet?
Gawin refuses this
gift before accepting
the girdle.
What is a ring?
Gawain is related to
Arthur in this way.
What is Arthur’s
nephew?
The 3 “games” that occur
in the narrative.
What is the
Beheading Game, the
Exchange of
Winnings Game and
the Temptation
Game?
On the first page of
the poem, we are told
this man founded
Britain.
Who is Felix Brutus?
These represented
the physical and
spiritual nature on
Gawain’s Pentangle.
What are the 5
fingers and the 5
wits?
Gawin travels this
long before reaching
Bertilak’s castle.
What is 2 months?
The 5 Joys of Mary.
What is the
Annunciation, the
Nativity, the
Resurrection, the
Ascension & the
Assumption?
“For that braided belt you
wear belongs to me.”
Who is the
Green Knight?
“I beseech the Lord, that
in some haven with due
honour I may hear mass
and matins tomorrow
morning.”
Who is Sir Gawain?
“Treat everything as your
own, and have what you
please in this place.”
Who is Lord Bertilak?
“This is the figure of the
faithlessness found in me,
which I must needs wear
while I live.”
Who is Sir Gawain?
“In my view you have
made amends for your
misdemeanour.”
Who is the Green Knight?
The middle ages spanned
this amount of time.
What is the 5th to the
15th C?
This “Great” division
occurred in the church
during this time.
What is the Great Schism?
The Crusades were
waged against the
encroachment of this.
What is Islam?
The middle ages arguably
began with this historic
event.
What is the fall of Rome?
Name 2 transcendent
figures of the middle ages.
Who are Dante, Chaucer,
Giotto or Aquinas?
Has a “beaver-hued”
complexion.
Who is Sir Bertilak?
The Green Knight is
holding these 2 objects
when he rides into
Camelot.
What are a holly branch
and an axe.
The most beautiful person
in Camelot.
Who is Guinevere?
Leaves Gawain alone
before reaching the
Green Chapel.
Who is the guide?
Gawain’s father is this
monarch.
Who is King Olney?
“Knight” comes from
the Old English word
cniht meaning this..
What is “servant”?
Knights always had to
be courteous in these
3 areas of life.
What are religious, military
and social?
It was nearly impossible
for them to become
knights.
What is the peasant class?
Knights were usually
“dubbed” at this age.
What is 20?
Gawain adheres to these
5 virtues.
What are Generosity,
Lovingkindess,
Continence, Courtesy
and Piety?
Chronology
Put these events in order:
1. Bertilak catches a boar
2. Gawain encounters a dragon
3. Gawain prays to St. Julian
4. Gawain becomes angry at the Green
Knight
5. Gawian pretends to be asleep