Le Morte d’Arthur
1. Know what happens in both of King Arthur’s dreams.
2. How does he respond to each dream?
3. After the battle, whom does King Arthur blame for the deaths?
4. What is King Arthur’s chief concern after he kills Mordred?
5. After King Arthur’s death, how does Sir Bedivere decide to live?
6. Why did Sir Bedivere defy King Arthur’s wishes concerning Excalibur?
Ballads
7. Why does the king choose Sir Patric Spens?
8. What is Spens’s attitude toward the trip?
9. How does the ballad about Spens end?
10. Why does Barbara reject Graeme?
11. Why doesn’t the wife bar the door?
12. How does the wife respond to the husband when he finally speaks to the gentlemen?
13. What do John Graeme’s dying words reveal?
Page 208 & 209 - Know the difference between a folk ballad and a literary ballad.
Know how to identify iambs and feet.
Use the vocabulary words in a meaningful paragraph. Your use of the words should indicate whether you know the definition.
Brandish Dwell Foremost
