Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Book By Markus Widmer! Trivia Quiz
Have you read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight book by Markus Widmer? It is quite an interesting read that is guaranteed not to make you snore, and it tells us the story of a knight who has one year left before he gets beheaded by the green knight. See how much you remember about his escapades by taking up the quiz below!
- 1.Gawain is a conventional romance in these ways.
- A.
Organization of plot around banquet, challenge, journey, challenge
- B.
It is episodic, like most romances
- C.
The supernatural elements are conventional
- D.
There are no peasants
- 2.Gawain is an unconventional romance in these ways.
- A.
The ending is questionably 'happy'
- B.
The woman seduces the man
- C.
The poem does not take place only in the spring
- D.
More attention is lavished on descriptions of every kind (this is true. check it)
- E.
Although all romances tend to be episodic, these episodes do not normally relate to one another. Not so in Gawain. (this is true. check it).
- 3.Gawain is most famous for these character traits.
- A.
Chastity
- B.
Courtesy
- C.
His way with unicorns
- 4.The Green Knight is a malevolent creature when he appears in Arthur's court in Fitt One.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- C.
It's ambiguous, really
- 5.A particular feature of the alliteration in Gawain and the Green Knight is the so-called Bob and Wheel. The poet breaks up his alliterative lines in variable-length groups and ends these with a rhyming section of five lines, in which the 'bob' is a very short line, sometimes of only two syllables, followed by the 'wheel,' longer lines with internal rhyme. Often, the bob and wheel is a place for the poet to say something significant, so pay attention to it.
- A.
I liked this. This was useful information
- B.
Why am I in university?
- C.
I know a man named Bob
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