Question

select the correct answer from each drop - down menu. read the excerpt from sir gawain and the green knight, and complete the paragraph that follows. but finding none that would carp with him, he exclaims, \what! is this arthur’s house, the fame of which has spread through so many realms? forsooth, the renown of the round table is overturned by the word of one man’s speech, for all tremble for dread without a blow being struck!\ with this he laughed so loud that arthur blushed for very shame, and waxed as wroth as the wind. \i know no man,\ he says, \that is aghast at thy great words. give me now thy axe and i will grant thee thy request!\ these lines tell us that the green knight mocked the knights of arthur’s court for being cowardly and not accepting his challenge. king arthur stepped up to accept the challenge himself, but gawain does not let his king suffer such humiliation and accepts the potentially fatal challenge. by this act, gawain upholds the of chivalry.

Explanation:

The context centers on chivalric values in medieval literature. Gawain acts to protect his king's honor and uphold the core code of chivalry, which emphasizes loyalty, bravery, and defending one's liege and the order of knighthood. The missing term refers to the key principle or code that defines chivalric conduct.

Answer:

The correct term for the blank is code (or "honor"; the most precise fit for the structure "upholds the ____ of chivalry" is "code").

Completed sentence: By this act, Gawain upholds the code of chivalry.