Lancelot: Or, the Knight of the Cart Quizzes

Lancelot: Or, the Knight of the Cart Quiz 1

By Caroline C. Hodge · Edited by S.R. Cedars · Last reviewed May 26, 2013

1 Who is Chrétien's patroness?

Queen Guenevere

Marie de Champagne

Marie Antoinette

Eleanor d'Aquitaine
2 In the prologue, what does Chrétien state he is trying to avoid?

relying too heavily on other sources

offending the king and queen

flattering his patroness

spinning falsehoods about Lancelot
3 Who provided the plot of Chrétien's romance?

Chrétien's wife

Chrétien de Troyes

Marie de Champagne

a troubadour
4 On what religious feast day does the story begin?

Easter

Ash Wednesday

Pentecost

Ascension Day
5 How does Arthur react to Méléagant's threat?

angrily

with horror

with excitement for the challenge

apathetically
6 What is Kay's role at the court?

cook

steward

jester

horse groomer
7 What does Kay threaten to do if Arthur does not grant his request?

lead an uprising against the king

kill himself

kill Arthur

leave the court
8 To whom does the queen express her sadness at being forced to leave with Kay?

Arthur

her horse

a lady-in-waiting

Kay
9 How is King Arthur related to Sir Gawain?

He is Gawain's uncle.

He is Gawain's grandfather.

He is Gawain's father.

He is not related to Gawain.
10 How do the knights know that Guinevere has been captured by Méléagant?

Her horse emerges riderless from the forest.

A dwarf tells them.

They witness the kidnap firsthand.

Kay finds them in the forest and tells them.
11 What does Lancelot first ask of Gawain in this romance?

directions

food

a horse

armor
12 What does one lose by riding in a pillory cart?

anger and hatred

nothing

sadness

honor and joy
13 What did medieval Christians believe one should do after seeing a pillory cart?

scream and run away

do nothing

pray

spit on the criminal in the cart
14 Who drives the pillory cart?

a poor little girl

Guinevere

the unnamed knight

a dwarf
15 Why does the lady with the bed deny Lancelot her bed?

because the bed is broken

because he is not her husband

because the bed is reserved for the king

because he has ridden in a cart
16 What material covers the forbidden bed?

velvet

egyptian cotton

eiderdown

sable
17 What happens at midnight while Lancelot sleeps in the forbidden bed?

The lady brings him an extra blanket.

Nothing happens.

A burning lance falls from the sky.

The knight starts to snore.
18 What does Lancelot do when he loses sight of Guinevere?

He tries to kill himself.

He does nothing.

He yells his name after her.

He shoots an arrow at Méléagant.
19 What does Lancelot promise the little girl in exchange for her information about Guinevere?

whatever she asks for

a position in Guinevere's retinue

protection from the dwarves

all the gold in King Arthur's possession
20 What is the reputation of the Land of Gorre?

It is a land of heroes.

It is the land of milk and honey.

It is a place that ages its inhabitants prematurely.

It is a land of no return.
21 What is the name of the queen's captor?

Méléagant

Arturo

Chrétien the dwarf

Bademagu
22 What is the least dangerous way to travel to Guinevere?

the Magical Highway

the Lance Path

the Sword Bridge

the Sunken Bridge
23 Why is Lancelot attacked by the sentinel?

He is daydreaming and does not heed the sentinel.

He is too aggressive with the sentinel.

He is wearing the colors of a rival king.

The sentinel mistakes him for Méléagant.
24 Why does Lancelot grant mercy to the sentinel?

because the sentinel strikes a deal with him

because the sentinel asks for it

because he realizes the sentinel's relationship to Guinevere

because he realizes he knows the sentinel
25 What are the elegantly dressed woman's terms for offering Lancelot hospitality?

The offer is unconditional.

Lancelot must pay her a sum of money.

Lancelot must sleep with her.

Lancelot must kill the sentinel.

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