King Arthur Study Guide
Name____________________________________
Book I
1. Athur’s parents are__________________________and ______________________,
but he was taken by ___________________________And given to _______________
who raise him.
2. One day while on his way to a tournament Arthur sees a _______________________in
a stone that is engraved with
“___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________”
3. Arthur becomes king of ___________________ after he unites the kings. Arthur names
his home castle___________________________.
4. The Lady of the _________________ gives Arthur a sword and magical scabbard that
Arthur names_________________________________. The scabbard has the power to
_____________________. At one point, his evil step sister _____________________
tries to steal it .
5. The story of Balan and Balyn is about two brothers who _________________ each other
because they do not recognize each other because one is using a different
_________________ when he fights.
6. Arthur plans to marry ___________________________ at the Feast of
_________________________.
7. The Round Table seats _____________knights and the seat for the best knight of all is
called the _________________________________.
8. The first quest of the Round Table is to recover a ________________ and
_________________ that had run through the castle.
9. Sir Gawain, Knight of the White Hart, is filled with horror and shame when he accidentally
___________________________________.
10. Later, he promises to fight for ____________________________________________
11. Sir Tor is the Knight in quest of the __________________________________
12. Merlin bestows the Order of ____________________________ on the Knights of
_____________________and establishes the Realm of _________________________.
13. Merlin tells Arthur that ______________________will bury him alive.
14. Sir Urrience, King Arthur and ______________________ board a magical
____________________.
15. Sir Urience awoke to find himself in bed with _________________________. King
Arthur awoke in a ___________________that had ___________knights in it. Sir
Accolon awoke in a courtyard next to a ______________________. To remove the spell
King Arthur agrees to fight____________________________. Little does he know that
Morgana has stolen________________________________and given it to Sir Accolon.
However, _______________comes to his rescue. Later Morgana tries to kill Arthur by
sending a a ____________________to him as a gift.
Book II
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1. Sir Gawain, _________of Arthur, accepts the challenge of the ____________________
which was to strike a blow with an ________and then return in a _________________
time. Later, the lord of the castle vows to give Gawain whatever he wins in the ________
and Gawain promises to give him everything that may come to him in the
_______________. So Gawain gives the Lord first one, then two, and finally, three
_____________ but he does not give the lord the piece of _____________. Because of
this the Green Knight _____________ Sir Gawain. At the end of the story, it is revealed
that the Green Knight was sent to test the valor of the Knights of the Round Table under
an enchantment from ___________________.
Sir Gareth
2. Sir Gareth, Knight of the ___________is called _________________ when he arrives at
King Arthur’s Court. He asks for _______gifts. His quest is to rescue the Lady
___________from the _________ Knight. Sir _____________ goes with him and
eventually makes him a knight. At the end of the story, Gareth marries _____________.
Sir Tristram
3. Tristram goes to Ireland to fight _____________because he wanted King Mark to send
him ___________young lads to be servants. Tristram disguises himself as a ___________
and teaches __________lessons to __________________. Tristram slays a
_____________and cuts out its ______________. Tristram and Iseult fall in love when
they drink a ______________potion. Iseult the Fair marries King Mark and Tristram
marries _____________________.Tristram was supposed to be able to tell if Iseult was
coming to him by the color of the _______________, but his wife lies to him. When
Tristram and Iseult die, _____________________are planted over their grave.
Geraint and Enid
4. Geraint hunts a ________________in the forest with Guinevere and her maid when he
meets 1__________________2__________________3___________________.
Geraint fights in a tournament with ____________________ and wins the
___________________which he gives to _______________________.
Sir Percivale
5. Percivale’s quest is to recover a stolen_________________. He falls in love with
______________________ and takes her ____________ring and leaves her with his
__________________ring. Percivale kills the Red Knight with a __________________.
He sees the Holy Grail Procession which is 1 _________________
2________________ 3_________________.