Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 4

Study Guide Questions for Stanzas 33-45

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Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)

Hospitality, Beauty, Religion, Happy, Friendship, Honor

Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)

1. What did Sir Gawain find immediately following his prayer and whom did he thank for it?

2. What did the porter “promise indeed” to Gawain?

3. How did “the lord of that land” greet Gawain?

4. How was the “baron of the castle” described?

5. What kind of things were done for Gawain to make him welcome?

6. What did Gawain’s attendants say that they would “mark the fine points of” concerning him?

7. What were the two women like whom Gawain met?

8. What prize did the “lord” of the manner offer for the winner of their game, and what was the game?

9. What was described as being “clean and clear of all evil”?

10. What did Gawain try to do after the third day of his stay?

11. What did the lord of the castle know that was helpful to Gawain?

12. Where did the lord say he would go tomorrow after Mass and what did he instruct Gawain to do?

13. What “agreement” did the lord of the castle and Sir Gawain make?

Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)

1. What “sign” is being referred to when the poet says “The sign on himself he had set but thrice”?

2. Why is everyone so impressed with Gawain and anxious to see him and speak with him?

3. Why might the contrast between the two ladies be important to the story?

4. Why did the lord of the house not want Gawain to leave?

5. Why was Gawain unwilling to stay at first when the lord of the manner asked him to?

6. Why did the lord of the house not invite Gawain to go to the hunt?

7. What similarities are there between Gawain’s “agreement” with the lord of the house and the challenge he accepted from the Green Knight?

Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)

1. What would you say are Gawain’s best qualities? Give an example of at least two virtues (positive and excellent qualities) you see in Gawain. Explain why these are virtues?

2. What would you say are (or at least might be) potential vices (weakness or bad qualities) in Gawain's character or behavior? Give examples and explain why they are vices.

Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)

1. Read Romans 12:9-21. How might we relate this passage to our current reading?