Read the following text from a fantasy novel. This excerpt is about the Order of the Knights of the Round Tabl
The Round Table talk was mostly long-winded speeches-narrative accounts of various adventures. These were
not missions to avenge injuries or to settle old disputes. They were simply duels between people who had
never even met each other before. I had always imagined that was the sort of thing that children do. But here
were these big oafs sticking to it and taking pride in it, clear into adulthood. Yet there was something very
lovable about these great simple-hearted creatures. They possessed little in the way of brains. But you didn't
mind it after a while, because you soon saw that brains were not needed in a society like that.
Adapted from Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The previous text suggested that the order symbolized honor and high moral standards. How does this fantasy
novel build on or challenge that idea?
It suggests that the order's members
were humorous and foolish, not noble.
It illustrates how important the order's
missions were.
It describes the order's members as
feared villains, not honorable heroes.
Not ready ye