A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Quiz

How well do you remember the travels and travails of Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg? This quiz spans all three novellas collected in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms—from the Ashford tourney to the Whitewalls wedding and beyond. Mixing multiple-choice and short-answer questions, it tests your grasp of plot, character motivations, themes, symbols, and the bigger picture of Dunk and Egg's place in Westeros.

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Plot & Sequence Questions (8)

Where does Dunk bury Ser Arlan of Pennytree?
Short answer
What does Dunk order from the smith Steely Pate, using two silver stags as a down payment?
A) A new warhorse
B) A suit of armor
C) A pavilion
D) A longsword
In “The Sworn Sword,” what physical structure causes the feud between Ser Eustace Osgrey and Lady Rohanne Webber?
A) A collapsed bridge
B) A dam
C) A watchtower
D) A stockade wall
What is the champion’s prize for the joust at Lord Butterwell’s wedding at Whitewalls?
A) A dragon’s egg
B) A bag of gold dragons
C) A tract of fertile land
D) A Valyrian steel dagger
What is the name of the hedge knight who invites Dunk to Whitewalls and later proves to be more than he seems?
Short answer
According to the epilogue “THE END……of the beginning,” where will Dunk and Egg’s future travels take them?
A) Only within the Seven Kingdoms
B) From Dorne to the Wall and even across the narrow sea to Essos
C) Nowhere—they settle on a small farm
D) Only to the Wall to join the Night’s Watch
Which prince treats Dunk with unexpected respect when they first meet on the road to Ashford?
Short answer
What does Dunk do when he returns from Steely Pate and finds Egg waiting by his campfire with a cooked fish?
A) Sends him away
B) Accepts him as a squire
C) Hires him as a groom
D) Ignores him

Character Motivation Questions (5)

Why does Dunk decide to enter the Ashford tourney even though he has no pavilion or fine arms?
Short answer
Why does Egg (the bald stableboy) follow Dunk and insist on becoming his squire?
A) He is running away from his family
B) He wants to learn swordsmanship and see tourneys
C) He hopes to get rich
D) He is a spy for King Aerys
Why does Ser Eustace Osgrey choose to fight the Webbers for the water rather than negotiate?
A) He believes his late son, the Little Lion, would have wanted him to fight
B) He wants to marry Lady Rohanne
C) He is simply a hotheaded man
D) He plans to sell the water rights
Why does Lady Rohanne Webber build the dam that starves the Osgrey lands?
A) To flood Osgrey’s fields
B) To provide water for her own crops during a drought
C) To create a fishing pond
D) To drown her enemies
Why does John the Fiddler invite Dunk to Whitewalls and urge him to joust?
A) He is lonely and wants a traveling companion
B) He wants to measure himself against a very large knight
C) He suspects Dunk is a Targaryen loyalist
D) He needs a man to carry his banner

Theme & Symbol Questions (4)

What does the figure of a hedge knight primarily symbolize in these stories?
A) Magical power
B) Noble birth
C) Poverty and freedom, and the gap between chivalric ideals and reality
D) Cowardice
The dragon’s egg offered as a prize at Whitewalls represents what?
Short answer
In “The Sworn Sword,” the Webber dam is a symbol of:
A) Human cooperation
B) Resource scarcity and the power imbalance between landed lords
C) Religious devotion
D) The cycle of seasons
Why is the winged chalice sigil important to Dunk?
Short answer

Synthesis Questions (3)

How does Dunk’s understanding of knighthood change from “The Hedge Knight” to “The Mystery Knight”?
Short answer
In what ways do the three novellas together critique the class hierarchy of Westeros?
Short answer
The epilogue ends with the line “THE END……of the beginning.” What does this phrase most clearly imply about the story?
A) The main plot is over and nothing else follows
B) Dunk and Egg’s adventures continue well beyond the pages of this book
C) The book is the start of an entirely new series unrelated to A Song of Ice and Fire
D) The author has no plans for further Dunk and Egg tales

Answer Key

1. On the western slope of a low hill, because Ser Arlan loved to watch the sunset. (Evidence: “He chose a spot on the western slope of a low hill, for the old man had always loved to watch the sunset.”)

2. B) A suit of armor. (Dunk had his own sword but needed armor; he paid two silver stags to Steely Pate.)

3. B) A dam. (Lady Rohanne built a dam that cut off the Chequy Water from Osgrey’s lands.)

4. A) A dragon’s egg. (Lord Butterwell’s grandfather received it from King Aegon the Unworthy, and it becomes the tournament prize.)

5. John the Fiddler (later revealed as Daemon II Blackfyre, though that identity is only hinted at in the text). (He is introduced on the road to Whitewalls.)

6. B) From Dorne to the Wall and even across the narrow sea to Essos. (The epilogue explicitly says their journeys will carry them “from Dorne to the Wall … and even beyond the narrow sea.”)

7. Prince Baelor Targaryen. (He treats Dunk with respect at the Ashford tourney grounds.)

8. B) Accepts him as a squire. (Dunk names him his squire after Egg makes a fire and washes his clothes.)

9. He wants to prove himself as a knight, earn ransoms, and possibly gain a lord’s household service. (Dunk thinks: “If I fight well, some lord may take me into his household.”)

10. B) He wants to learn swordsmanship and see tourneys. (Egg is a curious boy who seeks adventure, though his true identity as Prince Aegon adds complexity.)

11. A) He believes his late son, the Little Lion (Ser Wilbert Osgrey), would have wanted him to fight for the family’s honor and resources. (Ser Eustace recounts the Little Lion’s story to justify the feud.)

12. B) To provide water for her own crops during a drought. (The dam “steals water for her crops” as stated in the outline.)

13. B) He wants to measure himself against a very large knight. (John says, “I should love to try my lance on you” and notes Dunk’s size.)

14. C) Poverty and freedom, and the gap between chivalric ideals and reality. (Dunks’s experience shows the struggle to live up to knightly ideals while lacking resources.)

15. It represents Targaryen legacy, temptation, and the weapon rebelling houses hope to use. (The egg is a gift from King Aegon IV, and it lures Blackfyre supporters to Whitewalls.)

16. B) Resource scarcity and the power imbalance between landed lords. (The dam controls water, highlighting how lords can exploit natural resources at the expense of others.)

17. It is the sigil of his dead master, Ser Arlan of Pennytree, and Dunk inherits it as a token of the chivalric tradition and his own identity as a hedge knight. (He uses Ser Arlan’s shield to display his claimed heritage.)

18. Initially, Dunk sees knighthood as a matter of personal honor and martial skill. By “The Mystery Knight,” he has endured the politics of the Blackfyre conspiracy and learned that knighthood can be manipulated by lords and spies, making him more cautious and pragmatic. (His experiences with Bloodraven’s agents and the conspiracy at Whitewalls teach him that appearances deceive.)

19. The novellas show a clear divide between highborn and lowborn: hedge knights live hand-to-mouth, smallfolk are treated as pawns in lordly quarrels, and even a true knight like Dunk is looked down on for his birth. Egg’s hidden royal status underscores that worth should not be determined by blood. (Dunk’s humble origins, the brutality of Bennis toward diggers, and the Webber-Osgrey feud all illustrate class-based conflicts.)

20. B) Dunk and Egg’s adventures continue well beyond the pages of this book. (The phrase “of the beginning” explicitly invites readers to imagine further tales, and the epilogue lists many future travels.)