Exam 2 Terms

Question 1

Wat Tyler

Answer 1

• from “Piers Plowman”
• the leader of the peasant’s
  revolt of 1381
• killed by William Walworth,
  mayor of London, which
  ended the revolt

Question 2

1381

Answer 2

• the year of the Peasant’s
  Revolt
• peasants fought for better
  working conditions and
  getting rid of the poll tax
• Revolt resulted in getting rid
  of serfdom

Question 3

“When Adam dalf, and Eve span…”

Answer 3

• “… who was than a gentleman?”
• from John Ball’s sermon to the peasant’s in Canterbury
• meaning: in the garden of Eden, there were no classes or royalty.

Question 4

Richard II

Answer 4

• King of England after Edward III (his grandfather)
• was 10 years old when he was made king
• deposed by Henry IV, John of Gaunt’s son, in 1399.

Question 5

John Ball

Answer 5

• Priest who was sympathetic to the peasant’s revolt
• gave the famous sermon “When Adam dalf and Eve span, who was then a gentleman?”

Question 6

“Fair Field of Folk”

Answer 6

• from “Piers Plowman”
• represents society at large
• strategically placed right between heaven and hell, meaning people’s choices determine where they go after death

Question 7

Veracity

Answer 7

• from Thomas More’s “Utopia”
• the idea that the utopian world can be true or real
• spacial veracity: the world may be true because we can place the location in the real world
• temporal veracity: the world exists in the here and now instead of in some “Golden age” past or dystopian future
• Frame Narrative veracity: a story within a story; different points of view

Question 8

Succession

Answer 8

• Thomas More’s “Utopia”
• who will inherit the throne

Question 9

(Protestant) Reformation

Answer 9

• Thomas More’s “Utopia”
• the split of the Catholic church into Catholic and the new Protestants

Question 10

What are the 3 ways veracity is shown in “Utopia”?

Answer 10

1. Spatial- in a real world place
2. Temporal- in the present time
3. Frame narrative- a story within a story; multiple accounts of the same event

Question 11

What does the word “Utopia” mean in Greek?

Answer 11

“No place”

Question 12

What was the main problem in Thomas More’s England?

Answer 12

Theft and lack of appropriate counsellors

Question 13

According to More, what is theft a result of?

Answer 13

Poverty

Question 14

What religion did Thomas More adhere to?

Answer 14

Catholicism

Question 15

Fabliaux

Answer 15

short, obscene narrative stories

Question 16

Where does the “unruly woman” trope appear?

Answer 16

In the Fabliaux.

Question 17

What are the fabliaux mainly interested in?

Answer 17

Class

Question 18

In which poem does the topic of “masculinity” show up?

Answer 18

The fabliaux “The Four Wishes of St. Martin”

Question 19

What does “obscenity” mean?

Answer 19

something disgusting, perverse, or offensive, usually in sexual terms

Question 20

In which fabliaux does class overcome gender?

Answer 20

“Long Butthole Berengier”

Question 21

In the fabliaux, who should be the “head of the household”?

Answer 21

The masculine man

Question 22

What does an “unruly woman” challenge?

Answer 22

Authority

Question 23

What is the “safety valve” at the end of each fabliaux?

Answer 23

Everything returns to how it was; nothing changes

Question 24

“The management of money is like the management of ________.”

Answer 24

People.

Question 25

What are domestic topics a stand-in for?

Answer 25

Domestic topics are another way of talking about political issues because the way one manages a household is similar to how one manages a kingdom.

Question 26

Which ancient Greek philosopher likened the family unit to a state/kingdom?

Answer 26

Aristotle, in his book “Politics”

Question 27

What is a “frame narrative”?

Answer 27

A story within a story

Question 28

During which king’s reign was “The Miller’s Tale” written?

Answer 28

Richard II

Question 29

Bathos

Answer 29

An abrupt turn from the serious to the silly

Question 30

Marginalia

Answer 30

Notes written in the margins; “glossing”

Question 31

Why did writers choose to write silly or dirty jokes?

Answer 31

To send a political message in a safe way; the stories are silly so they won’t be considered “dangerous” by the upper class.

Question 32

Which Greek Philosopher first depicted a utopian civilization?

Answer 32

Plato, in his work “Republic”