Deck 20: Arthurian Legend: the Holy Grail, Donna Lynne Rondolone

Question 1

Traditional story elements of the Grail legend do NOT include a

A) ruined realm
B) wondrous vessel
C) journey to the Otherworld
D) ritual meal

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The most recent scholarship suggests that the Grail evolved from __________ story elements.

A) pre-Christian
B) Christian
C) fairytale
D) rationalized

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The form that the grail takes in Chrétien's The Story of the Grail is a

A) round plate
B) long, deep dish
C) cup
D) glass goblet

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Because Perceval's mother tried to keep him from fulfilling his birthright as a knight, she can be seen as a(n)

A) sorcerer
B) positive anima
C) negative anima
D) example of the author's misogyny

Question 5

The bleeding lance is identified as

A) the spear of Longinus in The Story of the Grail
B) the spear of Longinus in The Quest of the Holy Grail
C) the spear of Longinus in both works
D) of no particular historical significance in either work

Question 6

Perceval fails the initial Grail test because he

A) fails to ask who is served from the Grail
B) has not yet become spiritually mature
C) follows Gornemant's advice too literally
D) offends the Fisher King

Question 7

Perceval's encounter with the Loathly Damsel represents Campbell's

A) Atonement with the Mother
B) Woman as Temptress
C) Supernatural Aid
D) Meeting with the Goddess

Question 8

The first author to identify the Grail with the vessel of the Last Supper was

A) Robert de Boron
B) Joseph of Arimathea
C) an anonymous Cistercian monk
D) Andreas Capellanus

Question 9

The Continuations of Chrétien's The Story of the Grail

A) were authorized by Chrétien
B) all bring the story to a uniform conclusion
C) don't agree on the identification of the grail hero or the nature of his adventures
D) none of the above

Question 10

In The Quest of the Holy Grail, Galahad is the only knight to achieve a full vision of the Grail because

A) he was raised in a nunnery
B) he was predestined to do so
C) he is a virgin
D) his father is the prominent knight Sir Lancelot

Question 11

The Quest of the Holy Grail's emphasis on religious ritual and sexual chastity reflects the concerns of

A) cloistered monks
B) the Catholic Church hierarchy, primarily bishops
C) cathedral schools
D) courtly culture

Question 12

The Story of the Grail's repeated emphasis on the quaternity suggests Jung's idea of

A) individuation
B) wholeness
C) the four levels of the anima
D) all of the above

Question 13

In The Quest of the Holy Grail, Galahad's grandfather is initially identified as the Fisher King; in a later section, Galahad's grandfather is identified as King Pelles. This is an example of

A) rationalization
B) syncretism
C) parataxis
D) euhemerization

Question 14

In The Quest of the Holy Grail, Galahad's healing the Maimed King can represent Campbell's ________ stage of the hero's journey.

A) Atonement with the Father
B) Apotheosis
C) Illumination
D) Supernatural Aid

Question 15

In "Chivalry," the Philosopher's Stone, the fire, and the tree of the Hesperides are symbols associated with

A) Jung's process of individuation
B) alchemy
C) meeting the Jungian Self
D) Campbell's Apotheosis stage in the hero's journey

Question 16

The first extant Grail story was written by ____________ in the last quarter of the ____ century CE.

Question 17

At the beginning of Chrétien's The Story of the Grail, Perceval doesn't understand what the knights are because his mother has kept him ignorant of everything having to do with ___________.

Question 18

In The Quest of the Holy Grail, Perceval's sister helps Bors, Perceval, and Galahad understand the significance of the ship and the sword; thus she functions as a positive anima of the ___________ stage.

Question 19

The Quest of the Holy Grail was most likely written by ___________.

Question 20

Galahad's vision of the grail near the end of The Quest of the Holy Grail can correspond to Campbell's __________ stage of the hero's journey.

Question 21

In The Quest of the Holy Grail, Galahad's death in the city of Sarras can correspond to Campbell's __________ stage of the hero's journey.

Question 22

In The Quest of the Holy Grail, although Bors returns to King Arthur's court, he doesn't fulfill Campbell's Master of Two Worlds stage of the hero's journey because _________.

Question 23

In Gaiman's "Chivalry," Mrs. Whitaker finds the Holy Grail under _________.

Question 24

In Gaiman's "Chivalry," the cashier's name is Marie; this French spelling of her name may connect her to __________________, who may be the grail vessel, according to the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

Question 25

When she picks up the Philosopher's Stone, Mrs. Whitaker is impressed by the feeling of _________that overcomes her.