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10 Questions about The Lady of Shalott | Literature

10 questions about Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, 'The Lady of Shalott', and the paintings and other works it inspired.

A multiple-choice quiz by Kuu. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Kuu

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
143,682

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Last 3 plays: Guest 208 (5/10), Guest 74 (6/10), Guest 47 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. It is believed that Tennyson loosely based the character of the Lady of Shalott on a maid from Arthurian legend. What was the name of this woman? Hint

Elaine

Edith

Lynette

Joan

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the poem the Lady of Shalott is cursed. Because of the curse, what is the only way she can view the world from her tower? Hint

Through a crack in the wall

Though a mirror

Though a veil

Using a telescope

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the poem, the Lady of Shalott sees many people pass by her tower. Of the following who is NOT mentioned as being among these people? Hint

A curly shepherd lad

An abbot

Long hair'd page

Mothers with their happy babes

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which knight caused the Lady of Shalott to forget the curse when she caught a glimpse of him? Hint

Sie Percivale

Sir Galahad

Sir Lancelot

Sir Gawain

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was written on the prow of the Lady of Shalott's boat? Hint

To the End

Forever Love

The Lady of Shalott

The Curse

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following Pre-Raphaelite artists did NOT paint a picture of 'The Lady of Shalott'? Hint

Edward Burne-Jones

William Holman Hunt

Arthur Hughes

Sydney Harold Meteyard

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1881, a coloured illustrated version of 'The Lady of Shalott' was released as a 64-paged book. Who was the illustrator? Hint

Howard Pyle

Walter Crane

William Morris

Arthur Rackham

8. John William Waterhouse painted three pictures based on 'The Lady of Shalott'. The last of these was painted in 1916, and its title is a line from the poem. What is the name of this painting? Hint

"I am half sick of shadows," said the Lady of Shalott

God in his mercy lend her grace

"Tirra lirra," by the river

A gleaming shape she floated by

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Question 9 of 10

9. A mystery novel by Agatha Christie takes its title from a line of 'The Lady of Shalott'. What is the name of the novel? Hint

Flowing Down to Camelot

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

She Has Heard a Whisper Say

Moving Through a Mirror Clear

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Question 10 of 10

10. A novel, written by the Australian author Jessica Anderson, won Miles Franklin Award (which Australia's premier literature prize) in 1978. This novel took its title from a line of 'The Lady of Shalott'. What is the name of the book? Hint

The Last Man's Head

Tirra Lirra by the River

An Ordinary Lunacy

Taking Shelter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. It is believed that Tennyson loosely based the character of the Lady of Shalott on a maid from Arthurian legend. What was the name of this woman?

Answer: Elaine

Elaine of Astolat fell in love with Lancelot, but he only had eyes for Guinevere. Elaine died of a broken heart. After her death her family placed her body on a small barge and set it adrift on the river. The barge eventually reaches the shores of Camelot.

2. In the poem the Lady of Shalott is cursed. Because of the curse, what is the only way she can view the world from her tower?

Answer: Though a mirror

She weaves tapestries of those things she sees only as reflections in her mirror.

3. In the poem, the Lady of Shalott sees many people pass by her tower. Of the following who is NOT mentioned as being among these people?

Answer: Mothers with their happy babes

The verse concerned goes -

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,
An abbot on an ambling pad,
Sometimes a curly shepherd lad,
Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad
Goes by to tower'd Camelot;
And sometimes through the mirror blue
The knights come riding two and two.
She hath no loyal Knight and true,
The Lady of Shalott.

4. Which knight caused the Lady of Shalott to forget the curse when she caught a glimpse of him?

Answer: Sir Lancelot

Lancelot saw the Lady when she was lying in her boat dead. He said -

"She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."

5. What was written on the prow of the Lady of Shalott's boat?

Answer: The Lady of Shalott

The poem goes -

Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And round about the prow she wrote
'The Lady of Shalott'.

6. Which of the following Pre-Raphaelite artists did NOT paint a picture of 'The Lady of Shalott'?

Answer: Edward Burne-Jones

Arthur Hughes painted two pictures of the Lady of Shalott - in both pictures she is in her boat. William Holman Hunt's picture is of the Lady just after the mirror cracked. There are two versions of this painting. Meteyard's painting is of the Lady at her loom.

7. In 1881, a coloured illustrated version of 'The Lady of Shalott' was released as a 64-paged book. Who was the illustrator?

Answer: Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle (1853-1911) illustrated, and sometimes wrote, many children's and adventure books.

8. John William Waterhouse painted three pictures based on 'The Lady of Shalott'. The last of these was painted in 1916, and its title is a line from the poem. What is the name of this painting?

Answer: "I am half sick of shadows," said the Lady of Shalott

The 1888 painting is the most well-known Waterhouse's 'Lady of Shalott' paintings. It shows the Lady in her boat. There was also a 1894 painting.

9. A mystery novel by Agatha Christie takes its title from a line of 'The Lady of Shalott'. What is the name of the novel?

Answer: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

The novel is so named because of the expression seen on Marina Gregg's face, just before a murder was committed in her house, reminded one observer of that line from the poem.

Answer: Tirra Lirra by the River

The novel is about an elderly woman, who has spent most of her life waiting to escape her stifling existence to become woman she wants to be.

Source: Author Kuu

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