
Medieval Review
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Medieval Review
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In the medieval period, very few people could read, so when they made up stories, they spoke them and used patterns that made them easy to memorize and share with others.
Literature was not written at first
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Knights were being killed by the nasty marsh monster and Herot was becoming a ghost town. They needed a hero.
Hrothgar
Using a place the listener had heard of but never been to made it seem like the story could be true.
Denmark
Beowulf was not from England
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Multiple Choice
Who was the king who needed Beowulf's help?
Higlac
Herot
Hrothgar
Grendel
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Multiple Choice
Who was Beowulf's king (back in his homeland)?
Higlac
Hrothgar
Geat
Herot
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Multiple Choice
Where was Beowulf from?
Higlac
Herot
Geat
Denmark
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Multiple Choice
This tells of a husband and wife playing the quiet game so well they end up getting robbed:
Twa Corbies
Lord Randall
Get up and Bar the Door
The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
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Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Pilgrims on the way to St. Thomas's Cathedral
All kinds of people, from the aristocratic (knight) and clergy (nun's priest) to the poorest (plowman), traveled to holy sites. It was as close to vacation as you could get. As they traveled they told stories.
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Multiple Choice
Had all the best horses, hunted, and Chaucer did NOT approve of him:
challenger
summoner
pardoner
monk
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Multiple Choice
A person who makes and sells men's clothes:
Yeoman
Pardoner
Miller
Haberdasher
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Multiple Choice
A student who (like Chaucer) borrowed money to buy books:
monk
Oxford cleric
prioress
squire
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Multiple Choice
He ground wheat and loved a rowdy story:
miller
haberdasher
yeoman
summoner
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Multiple Choice
He was such a good minister he gave away almost everything to benefit his congregation:
parson
prioress
monk
nun's priest
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Multiple Choice
He thought of the storytelling contest:
Oxford cleric
knight
host AKA Harry Bailey
Chaucer
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Multiple Choice
He was the captain of the boat and had a good tan:
squire
yeoman
skipper
merchant
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Multiple Choice
He was a weapons specialist who worked for the knight:
Miller
Yeoman
Squire
Haberdasher
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Multiple Choice
He sold "get out of Hell free" cards and told a story of the danger of greed:
summoner
pardoner
monk
parson
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Multiple Choice
Pastor for the women of the convent:
Prioress
Pastor
Nun's priest
Haberdasher
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With very few people able to read and very little entertainment available, traveling plays that warned people of the consequences of a sinful life were popular.
Everyman
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Multiple Choice
Who introduced the play?
Death
God
Messenger
Narrator
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Multiple Choice
Who summons Death?
messenger
narrator
God
ringmaster
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Multiple Choice
What is Death's assignment?
to give an account of Everyman's life
to bring Everyman to God to give an account of his life
to bring Fellowship and Good Deeds to give an account
to explain why men everywhere sin
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Multiple Choice
What is Everyman's reaction to the appearance of Death?
he is surprised
he asks for more time
he offers Death a bribe
he asks for his mother
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Multiple Choice
What is Fellowship's initial reaction to Everyman?
I'll do anything for you
who are you
thou hast left home and family for me
wherefore art thou sad?
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An island has many influences--the Romans, the Britons, the Saxons, the Celts, and more put their imprint on what would become England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
Ancient British Isles
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Multiple Choice
What groups influenced British Literature?
Britons, Saxons, Celts, Romans
Germans, Russians, Columbians
No one because it was an isolated island
All of these
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Multiple Choice
What happened to the Britons?
they were taken over by warlike monks who arrived from Rome
they were absorbed by the Saxons
They sailed to Brittany in France
they were driven to the perimeter of Great Britain
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Multiple Choice
Poetry that tells a story of a great conqueror is called:
elegiac
epic
heroic
ballad
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Multiple Choice
Poetry that laments the loss of a person:
elegiac
epic
heroic
ballad
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Multiple Choice
Narrative that was intended to be sung:
Elegy
Epic
heroic
ballad
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The way we use words changes over time. In this class a word that changes a lot is romance. When we first hear it in British Literature it means a story that celebrates adventure.
Romance
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Multiple Choice
A story that celebrates adventure is called:
comedy
mystery
romance
horror
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Multiple Choice
When you take a lightweight story and tell it in a profound way it's called:
comedy
mock heroic
romance
elegy
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Multiple Choice
a long narrative poem (or story) is called:
elegiac
epic
heroic
ballad
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Multiple Choice
This ballad tells the story of a young man who dies for love of a girl he once slighted. She feels so bad for him she dies too.
Margaret Poston
Twa Corbies
Barbara Allan
Fair Rosamund
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Match
Match the following:
In driblets fell his locks behind his head
Who had a fire-red cherubinnish face
Her way of smiling very simple and coy
Then crew he so it might not be amended
Courteous she was, discreet and debonnaire
Pardoner
Summoner
Prioress
Chanticleer
Pertelote
Pardoner
Summoner
Prioress
Chanticleer
Pertelote
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