What were his ideals? Who were his chief knights? What were their characters? What were their tasks? (Specify several.) What great danger to the success of the Round Table soon arose? (See Marriage of Geraint, ll. 24-28.) What second danger arose later? (The Holy Grail, ll. 203-327.)
Trace briefly the effect of each. Did Guinevere truly repent? What were her feelings toward Arthur at the last?
Who were opponents in the last great battle? What was the result?
III. The Meaning of the Idylls
What explanation does the poet give in the Dedication to the Queen at the end of the Idylls? (ll. 36-44).
In the struggle of "Sense at war with Soul" what part does Arthur play? What is the position of Guinevere? of Lancelot? Who represent the forces altogether evil?
What is the result of the war in respect to the Round Table? to Guinevere and Lancelot? to the king? Was Arthur victor or vanquished?
How is each separate Idyll related to the general development of the story?
What is the allegorical significance of Arthur's miraculous birth? of his training by Merlin? of the Lady of the Lake? of the three Queens? of Excalibur?