Imagery and Figurative Language in Tennyson’s “Morte d’Arthur” — Quiz
Question 8 • Senior English
Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. But when I look’d again, behold an arm, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, That caught him by the hilt, and brandish’d him Three times, and drew him under in the mere. What does the imagery in the excerpt help readers understand?
Answer
A
what King Arthur did after he caught the sword
B
what King Arthur said happened after the sword was destroyed
C
what happened after Sir Bedivere threw the sword
D
what happened when Sir Bedivere hid the sword
Explanation
The excerpt describes what happens after the sword is thrown into the lake: an arm appears, catches the sword, waves it three times, and pulls it beneath the water. This shows what happened after Sir Bedivere threw the sword, not after he hid it or after the sword was destroyed.
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