Chapter 2 Test

Question 0

_______ English literature sought to remedy the ________ threat to society.

Answer 0

Middle

Internal

Question 1

____ English literature reacted primarily against the ________ threat to society.

Answer 1

Old

external

Question 2

What blended philosophy and theology and attempted to use reason to support to faith?

Answer 2

Scholasticism

Question 3

What is scholasticism?

Answer 3

blended philosophy and theology and attempted to use reason to support to faith

Question 4

List 3 elements emphasized in the medieval romances

Answer 4

1. Romantic love
2. Acts of Chivalry
3. Supernatural Elements

Question 5

What are indulgences?

Answer 5

Supposed drafts on the heavenly treasure of merit accumulated by saints

Question 6

What is Wycliffe’s two part plan for evangelizing England?

Answer 6

1. Training and sending out preachers of the gospel

2. Translating the Bible into English

Question 7

List the three similarities between Wycliffe and Chaucer.

Answer 7

1. Lived in England at some time
2. Were favored by the crown
3. We’re critical of religious fraud

Question 8

What is a beast fable?

Answer 8

A moral tale in which animals act the parts of humans

Question 9

What is a frame story?

Answer 9

A secondary story or stories embedded in the main story

Question 10

What is a mock epic?

Answer 10

A work that treats a trivial subject in heroic terms

Question 11

Where is the plan revealed for the Canterbury Tales?

Answer 11

The general prologue

Question 12

Why does Gareth have to finally reveal his name?

Answer 12

Lancelot wants to be sure he is of noble lineage before he can bestow knighthood on him

Question 13

Why does King Arthur agree to let Beaumains do the damsel’s request?

Answer 13

Arthur promised to grant him three wishes and this was one of them

Question 14

Why do numerous ballads exist?

Answer 14

They were passed down orally for hundreds of years

Question 15

What is incremental repetition?

Answer 15

Repetition with variation

Question 16

What cycle of ballads especially communicates the common man’s viewpoint?

Answer 16

The Robin Hood Cycle

Question 17

Which word best describes Thomas Mallory?
A. Vain
B. Thoughtful
C. Spirited
D. Amiable

Answer 17

C. Spirited

Question 18

Arthur’s round table compromises how many Knights?

Answer 18

150

Question 19

How many tales did Chaucer originally intend to include in his work?

Answer 19

120

Question 20

As the pardoner tale begins where are the three young roisterers are sitting?

Answer 20

In a tavern

Question 21

The old man in the pardoner’s tale says that death can be found where?

Answer 21

Up a crooked way under a tree