Lit unit 2 test

Question 1

Thomas Mallory

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produced the finest example of Middle English prose narrative and inaugurated a tradition of english prose

Question 2

man of strange condtradictions

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Thomas Mallory

Question 3

originated from the exploits of a celtic chief during 5th century

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Morte d’ Arthur

Question 4

political significance pf Morte d’ Arthur

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the tudor dynasty claimed descent from the king arthur

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responsible for naming Mallory’s famous work Motre d; arthur

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William Caxton

Question 6

How Gareth serve as embodiment of chivalry

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went and helped the damsel, defeated the knights, helped the damsel even though she treated him badly

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most significant battle in English history

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1066, william defeated harold at hastings

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Hundred years war

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two english military innovations

long bow gun powder

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The wars of the roses

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Ended with the battle of bosworth field

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brought an end both to civil hostilities and the english middle ages

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the ascension of Henry VII

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Feudalism:

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a olitical arrangemnt based on a scsle of priveleges and responsibilites

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instituted by willam of normndy

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feudalism

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three estates:

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nobility, commoners, clergy

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the serfs gained

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protection, justice, land

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development of english law

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right of trial by jury of peers and traveling court system (magna Carta)

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cannon law

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law of the church

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John Wycliffe

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The Morning Star of the reformation

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known for first complete english translation of the scriptures

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John Wycliffe

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believd that the pope was not infallible

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John Wycliffe

Question 20

The ballad

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a concise narrative poem intended to be sung

Question 21

the romance

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a long, narrative poem

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ballads were published in

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18th century

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expressed the veiw point of the common folk

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ballads

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most ballads deal with some kind of

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injustice

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sir patrick spens

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shifts scenes seversl times to move the plot quickly

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The wife of ushers well

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the dramatic irony is the wifes thinking her sons are well when they are actually ghosts

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Get up and bar the door

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the wife wins the argument and reacts gleefully

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chief poet of his age

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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Wrote the canterbury tales

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Geoffrey chaucer

Question 30

Satire

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lituratuere that attacks human vice or folley with dersion, irony, or wit

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social satire

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a cross section of society represented

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illistrate social change that chaucer dislikes

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the pilgrims

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beast fable

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a moral tale where animals act the parts of human beings.

developed as a formal genre of liturature in the second century

Question 34

mock epic

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treats trivial subject in heroic terms

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embellishments

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formal distriptions, allusions, speculations, extended comparisons, and digressive anecdotes suspend the action and burden and slow down the plot

Question 36

main characters of the nins preist tale

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chanticleer
dame partlette
don russell