The Knights: Palamon and Arcita
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- In this lesson, we will meet the Theban Knights, Palamon and Arcita, and discover their fate after their battle with Duke Theseus.
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10 Questions
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Q2.
A story within a story is known as ...
A substory
An epic poem
Heroic Couplets
Q3.
Five pairs of syllables in a line of poetry is known as ...
Heroic Couplets
Iambic Quatrameter
Rhyming Couplets
Q4.
When a line of iambic pentameter rhymes with the next line of iambic pentameter, it is known as ...
A frame narrative
Blank Verse
Free Verse
What have we learned this lesson?
Q6.
The Knight tells his tale first because ...
He boasts of how good a storyteller he is.
He is the bravest and most noble pilgrim
He is the most important pilgrim
Q7.
Who normally follows a code of chivalry?
Kings
Women
Writers
Q8.
The chivalric code prizes which three things above all else?
Death, honour and glory
Love, battle and marriage
Roman Gods, Greek Gods and mythical creatures
Q9.
King Creon was not following the Chivalric code because ...
He captured Hippolyta in battle
He killed the mourning women's husbands
He would not fight Theseus in open battle
Q10.
Duke Theseus behaves in a chivalric way when because ...
He killed the minotaur
He marries Hippolyta after capturing her in battle
He prizes victory in battle above all else
8 Questions
Reviewing your learning
Q2.
What characteristic is a knight showing when they prize religion, glory and honour women?
Heroism
Iambics
Knighthood
Q3.
Theseus behaves in a chivalrous way when he ...
Brings Emily with him to Athens
Captures Hippolyta
Celebrates his victory
Q4.
The two Theban Princes are called ...
Geoffrey and Chaucer
Hippolyta and Emily
Theseus and Creon
Q5.
The Princes are found injured, by ...
Creon
The mourning women
Theseus
Q6.
Theseus saves Palamon and Arcita's lives and then ...
Allows them to go free
executes them
Makes them vow never to fight against him
Q7.
What is a ransom?
Money that is given to pay for better food and luxuries in prison
Money that is paid to a prisoner's family
Q8.
Why are Palamon and Arcita in 'anguish and distress'?
Because they can't afford a ransom
Because they lost the battle
Because they were severely hurt