The Glove and The Lions

'The Glove and The Lions' is written by _________.

• Ray Bradbury

• Leigh Hunt

• Maya Angelou

• Stephen Leacock

In this poem, who sighed for Count de Lorge's beloved?

• Count de Lorge

• King Francis

• the nobles

• the lions

'Rightly done' - who said this in the poem?

• Count de Lorge

• Count de Lorge's beloved

• the wives of the nobles

• King Francis

What does the glove symbolise?

• power

• strength

• ultimate test of love

• true love

Where were the King and the others seated?

• arena

• pit

• battle field

• palace

Match the following

• alliteration

• blows like beams

• simile

• stifled roar

• kinesthetic imagery

• ramped and roared

• personification

• horrid laughing jaws

• auditory imagery

• with wallowing might, they rolled on one another

'The Glove and the Lions' is a traditional _________.

King Francis was a _______ king.

Count de Lorge's beloved thought her lover to be as brave as ______ can be.

Analyse the characteristics of Count de Lorge's beloved and relate them to the theme of the poem.
[Prompts: glove - Count de Lorge - lions]