CT

Question 1

Written when and by whom?

Answer 1

Geoffery Chaucer 1400 AD

Question 2

Where was Chaucer born?

Answer 2

b. c. 1340 AD in London
d. 1400 AD

Question 3

1348

Answer 3

peak plague year, end of the world, great for the economy, more access to land and jobs

Question 4

The Monk

Answer 4

has a lot of money; monks were bound to their location so they all died

Question 5

Chaucer had many

Answer 5

jobs; public figure especially, was the Controller of Customs

Question 6

Controller of Customs

Answer 6

talks to everybody

Question 7

GP

Answer 7

framed narrative from the West

Question 8

CT, GP is a work of

Answer 8

fiction; Chaucer writes himself as a bad poet

Question 9

Why Chaucer is a revolutionary?

Answer 9

1. first court poet writing in English (made English prestigious)
2. invented iambic pentameter (every important poet after wrote in iambic pentameter)

Question 10

3 Estates

Answer 10

1. Nobility
2. Clergy
3. Everyone else
   but the pilgrims held a lot of different jobs and positions

Question 11

Crusades

Answer 11

only for faith, the Knight was very idealized, the crusades were over by Chaucer’s birth

Question 12

c. 550 AD

Answer 12

“The Rule of Saint Benedict” Monks were not supposed to hunt or pilgrimmage

Question 13

Confession

Answer 13

confess your sins to a Priest, priest gives you a penance

Question 14

Penance

Answer 14

what you have to do to atone for your sins, could be very painful

Question 15

Absolution

Answer 15

Priest absolves you of your sins and you’re forgiven

Question 16

Purgatory

Answer 16

waiting room, Protestants do not believe in purgatory; in purgatory, you become the Christian you were not on Earth

Question 17

Indulgences

Answer 17

pardons, lessens the amount of time spent in purgatory, pay money to the Church

Question 18

Martin Luther

Answer 18

Oct 31st, 1517; nailed 95 theses to Church in Germany, Day 1 of Protestant Reformation

Question 19

Genre

Answer 19

type of story, tropes are things in the story that define it as a genre

Question 20

KT genre

Answer 20

romance (long piece of fiction)

Question 21

Tropes of Romance

Answer 21

1. pretended to be old and true, but really its all fiction
2. almost always involve knightly adventure
3. in a high style: idealized characters, elevated word choice, elaborate plots
4. involved courtly love

Question 22

Courtly Love

Answer 22

the man falls deeply in love with the most beautiful woman, but she’s cold and rejects him; he pursues for years; he gets a kiss on the hand and dies; the woman is usually married, tragic element

Question 23

KT

Answer 23

greatest romance ever; two knights fight for their love, as the one soul goes up to Heaven, he reflects that nothing matters outside of God’s will (Providence); gives religious depth to romance

Question 24

Nothing happens without ___ wanting it to happen (KT)

Answer 24

God

Question 25

MT genre

Answer 25

fabliau(x): dirty joke; greatest dirty joke ever

Question 26

Tropes of Fabliau(x)

Answer 26

1. simple and fast-paced
2. ordinary characters and takes place in the present
3. usually have to deal with comeuppance

Question 27

MT and KT

Answer 27

MT makes fun of the high style of the KT, Miller says both their tales are about two horny guys wanting the same girl, however KT gives basic human desires religious depth and providence