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QuizMultiple Choice

Imagery and Figurative Language in Tennyson’s “Morte d’Arthur”

Question 8 • ***CPS Online English Language Arts 12 Fall – 1-2027

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 himThree times, and drew him under in the mere.

Answer
A
what happened when Sir Bedivere hid the sword
B
what King Arthur said happened after the sword was destroyed
C
what happened after Sir Bedivere threw the sword
D
what King Arthur did after he caught the sword

Explanation

The lines describe an arm appearing from the water, taking the sword, waving it three times, and pulling it beneath the lake. This happens after Sir Bedivere throws the sword into the mere, so the correct choice is “what happened after Sir Bedivere threw the sword.”

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