Winning His Spurs 2

Study Guide Questions for Ch. 3-4

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

Despotism, Prudence, Appearance vs. Reality, Freedom vs. Bondage, Vengeance, Providence, Unbelief, Unity

Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)

1. What helpful information did Gurth pass on to Cuthbert? 

2. What did Cuthbert ask Sir Walter to wait for before attacking the castle the next day?

3. What made it clear that Sir John had not forgotten about the hidden door in and out of the castle?

4. What allowed Cuthbert and the others to get into the castle unheard?

5. What happy result came for Cnut and his men due to their part in the siege of Wortham Castle?

6. What visibly signified that someone was a serf?

7. What did Sir Walter promise to Cuthbert because of his brave deeds on behalf of Margaret and at the siege? 

8. How many people were reported to have gone to the Holy Lands on the first Crusade and how many returned alive?

9. List three facts given about the second Crusade under the leadership of Godfrey de Bouillon.

10. What did Saladin accomplish for the Arab people?

11. What reasons did Father Francis give for why the people of England should join the third Crusade?

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

1. Why did Cuthbert want to share the information he learned from Gurth with only a few people for the time being?

2. Why was no one in the castle guarding the entrance by which Cuthbert and Cnut had gained entry?

3. Why might Cuthbert have wanted to be Sir Walter’s page?

4. Why was the second Crusade more successful than the first? Compare and contrast them and offer at least two reasons.

5. Why might it have been so important to medieval Christians to take possession of the Holy Land?

6. Why did Father Francis think Cuthbert had the wrong motivation for wanting to go on the next Crusade?

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

1. What vice would you argue most characterizes Sir John of Wortham? Offer a definition for that vice and give an example from the text where he exemplifies it.

2. Was Cuthbert right to enter Wortham Castle with Cnut despite his mother’s orders? Why or why not?

3. The Crusades were religiously motivated wars. Should Christians be involved in religiously motivated wars? If so, what kind of religious convictions ought to motivate a Christian to join a war? If not, why not? Use reason and Scripture to justify your position.

Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)

1. Read Joshua 6. How should the battle of Jericho (and numerous other instances of God ordained war in Scripture) affect our thinking about Christianity and war in our own day?