Question

Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and complete the paragraph that follows.

But finding none that would carp with him, he exclaims, "What! is this Arthur's house, the fame of which has spread through so many realms? Forsooth, the renown of the Round Table is overturned by the word of one man's speech, for all tremble for dread without a blow being struck!" With this he laughed so loud that Arthur blushed for very shame, and waxed as wroth as the wind. "I know no man," he says, "that is aghast at thy great words. Give me now thy axe and I will grant thee thy request!"

These lines tell us that the Green Knight mocked the knights of Arthur’s court for being cowardly and not accepting his challenge. King Arthur stepped up to accept the challenge himself, but Gawain does not let his king suffer such 1. ________ and accepts the potentially fatal challenge. By this act, Gawain upholds the 2. ________ of chivalry.

1. A. Agony B. Humiliation C. Arrogance D. Custom
2. A. Mode B. Dictate C. Code D.Value

Answer 1

1 is Humiliation and 2 is Code.

Answer 2

These lines tell us that the Green Knight mocked the knights of Arthur’s court for being cowardly and not accepting his challenge. King Arthur stepped up to accept the challenge himself, but Gawain does not let his king suffer such humiliation and accepts the potentially fatal challenge. By this act, Gawain upholds the code of chivalry.

Step-by-step explanation:

Taking i n consideration the context of the paragraph and the meaning of each of the words, the correct words to complete the paragraph are humiliation and code, it is expressed in the first paragraph that Gawain was not going to allow his king to pass through an embarrassing situation and he follows a code of the knights that says they have to show bravery, and honour.