Question

In the poem. ‘The Glove and the Lions’, King Francis exclaims, ‘rightly done!’.What action of Count de Lorge does he applaud when he says this?

Options

• Leaping into the pit full of angry lions.

• Retrieving the lady’s glove from the pit.

• Flinging the glove angrily in the lady’s face.

• Sighing for the ‘beauteous lively dame’.

Answer 1

Flinging the glove angrily in the lady’s face.

Explanation:

Count de Lorge showed courage by jumping into the pit and getting the glove, but he saw right once that the woman’s desire was motivated more by vanity than by true affection. He refused to let her use him for an useless show by flinging the glove back at her face.