Questions: Knights of the Round Table and Chapter
Study Questions for The Once and Future King Name:_____________________________
Part I: The Sword in the Stone
Chapter One
1. What two types of education does Sir Ector insist upon for Kay and the Wart?
2. Discuss the relationship between Kay and the Wart.
3. What aspects of medieval life are presented in this chapter?
Chapter Two
4. What elements of fantasy, superstition, and/or the supernatural are introduced in this chapter? Chapter Three
5. Discuss the Wart’s meeting with Merlyn, his reaction to what he sees, and the result of the encounter.
Chapter Four
6. How is Kay described?
Chapter Five
7. While he is a perch, what does the Wart learn from Mr. P about power?
Chapter Six
8. Discuss the differences in Kay’s and the Wart’s reactions to the gore-crow’s action.
Chapter Seven
9. How does the joust between King Pellinore and Sir Grummore illustrate Merlyn’s contention that tilting and horsemanship are not important aspects of a gentleman’s education? 10. After the Wart has successfully completed his ordeal, what significant prediction does
Balan make?
Chapter Nine
11. What causes Kay’s jealously of the Wart? What explanation does Merlyn give the Wart about his situation?
Chapter Ten
12. What has Morgan le Fay done that Robin Wood needs Kay and the Wart’s help to remedy? Chapter Eleven
13. Why does Robin need the boys help?
14. What sits on the highest tower of Morgan le Fay’s Castle Chariot?
Chapter Twelve
15. What does each of the boys ask for at the end of the adventure with Robin Wood? What do their choices indicate about their characters?
Chapter Thirteen
16. What frustrates the Wart about the language of the ants?
17. What event causes the ants to begin to prepare for battle?
Chapter Fourteen
18. Show how the feudal system is defended through the portrayal of Sir Ector, the master of a manor.
19. What point does Sir Ector’s reaction to the letter from Uther Pendragon make about the
Part I: The Sword in the Stone
Chapter One
1. What two types of education does Sir Ector insist upon for Kay and the Wart?
2. Discuss the relationship between Kay and the Wart.
3. What aspects of medieval life are presented in this chapter?
Chapter Two
4. What elements of fantasy, superstition, and/or the supernatural are introduced in this chapter? Chapter Three
5. Discuss the Wart’s meeting with Merlyn, his reaction to what he sees, and the result of the encounter.
Chapter Four
6. How is Kay described?
Chapter Five
7. While he is a perch, what does the Wart learn from Mr. P about power?
Chapter Six
8. Discuss the differences in Kay’s and the Wart’s reactions to the gore-crow’s action.
Chapter Seven
9. How does the joust between King Pellinore and Sir Grummore illustrate Merlyn’s contention that tilting and horsemanship are not important aspects of a gentleman’s education? 10. After the Wart has successfully completed his ordeal, what significant prediction does
Balan make?
Chapter Nine
11. What causes Kay’s jealously of the Wart? What explanation does Merlyn give the Wart about his situation?
Chapter Ten
12. What has Morgan le Fay done that Robin Wood needs Kay and the Wart’s help to remedy? Chapter Eleven
13. Why does Robin need the boys help?
14. What sits on the highest tower of Morgan le Fay’s Castle Chariot?
Chapter Twelve
15. What does each of the boys ask for at the end of the adventure with Robin Wood? What do their choices indicate about their characters?
Chapter Thirteen
16. What frustrates the Wart about the language of the ants?
17. What event causes the ants to begin to prepare for battle?
Chapter Fourteen
18. Show how the feudal system is defended through the portrayal of Sir Ector, the master of a manor.
19. What point does Sir Ector’s reaction to the letter from Uther Pendragon make about the