Literature

Question 1

What two countries fought each other during the 100 years war

Answer 1

France and england

Question 2

Name one advance in military technology knight armor obsolete

Answer 2

Gunpowder

Question 3

Name two rights that the english people gained during the 12th and 13th centuries that are still part of english and american law today

Answer 3

Trial by jury and taxation without representation

Question 4

What wiped out 1/3 to 1/2 of europes population in 1348-1349

Answer 4

Black death

Question 5

What were the series of expeditions from 1095-1291 to retake the holy land from the muslims

Answer 5

Crusades

Question 6

Name two things about the catholic church that wycliffe opposed

Answer 6

Popes infallibility and the way the priests acted

Question 7

English took a large amount of ________ vocabulary during the middle english period

Answer 7

French

Question 8

Who wrote canterbury tales

Answer 8

Chaucer

Question 9

Who wrote Morte d’arthur

Answer 9

Mallory

Question 10

Who wrote the order of the priesthood

Answer 10

Wycliffe

Question 11

Using reason to support faith

Answer 11

Scholasticism

Question 12

Instruction

Answer 12

Didacticism

Question 13

Short poem intended to be sung

Answer 13

Ballad

Question 14

Trivial subject treated heroically

Answer 14

Mock epic

Question 15

Moral tale involving animals as characters

Answer 15

Beast fable

Question 16

What two things do the term middle english refer to

Answer 16

English Language literature

Question 17

A group of unified tales

Answer 17

Frame tale

Question 18

Story with a literal and implied meaning

Answer 18

Allegory

Question 19

Written in a sarcastic tone and critical of society

Answer 19

Social satire

Question 20

Adventurous tale about knights and chivalry

Answer 20

Romance

Question 21

Morning star of reformation

Answer 21

John wycliffe

Question 22

Wrote while in jail

Answer 22

Thomas Mallory

Question 23

Attacked basic teaching of catholic church

Answer 23

John wycliffe

Question 24

Wrote social satire but did not push for radical reform

Answer 24

Chaucer

Question 25

Had a varied and interesting career

Answer 25

Chaucer

Question 26

Sent out preacher the last 18 months of his life

Answer 26

Wycliffe

Question 27

Synthesized many accounts of king arthur into one tale

Answer 27

Mallory

Question 28

Initiated translation of the scriptures into english

Answer 28

Wycliffe

Question 29

Wrote about the ideal churchman

Answer 29

Wycliffe

Question 30

Lancaster during the war of roses

Answer 30

Mallory

Question 31

His body was exhumed and burned and the ashes scattered many years after his death

Answer 31

Wycliffe

Question 32

Three qualities of a good priest

Answer 32

Poor patient and hardworking

Question 33

Name one Biblical character that is held up as a good example to follow

Answer 33

Jesus

Question 34

The lesson the fox and the rooster learned

Answer 34

Fox keep his mouth shut | Rooster not to fall for flattery

Question 35

Rationalist

Answer 35

Life expectancy was short sickness and danger

Question 36

Primitive

Answer 36

Romantic middle age

Question 37

Where greek manuscripts and other classic works were hidden

Answer 37

Monastery

Question 38

Who went to ireland to evangelize it for rome and started church

Answer 38

Patrick

Question 39

The irish church was similar to the catholic church except for two main differences

Answer 39

Denied papacy could marry

Question 40

Anglo saxon and the jute invaders all spoke dialects of the west germanic branch of the family of lanuages known as

Answer 40

Indo european

Question 41

From what language do we get our alphabet

Answer 41

Latin

Question 42

What two elements are strangely mixed in old english poems

Answer 42

Pagan Christian

Question 43

Expressing an idea in a more elegant roundabout way using more words than necessary

Answer 43

Periphrastic epithet

Question 44

Figurative expression usually compound that replaces a noun

Answer 44

Kenning

Question 45

Repitition in different words of an element of a sentence clause or phrase

Answer 45

Variation

Question 46

One of the most important works translated from latin into west saxon by alfreds scribes was written by bede what is it

Answer 46

The ecclesiastical history of the english people

Question 47

How many years did grendel terrorize

Answer 47

12

Question 48

Name one thing hrothgar had already heard about beowulf

Answer 48

He was bold in battle

Question 49

Why does beowulf say he will use no weapons

Answer 49

Grendel has no weapons

Question 50

Grendels death wound

Answer 50

Huge split under shoulder arm ripped off

Question 51

Main purpose of anglo saxon chronicles

Answer 51

Annual happenings about the anglo saxons

Question 52

What scandinavian/viking king conquered england

Answer 52

Canute

Question 53

One positive and one negative quality of william the conqueror

Answer 53

Very wise and powerful, put man in jail for hunting

Question 54

Acts and monuments

Answer 54

John foxe

Question 55

Pilgrimage

Answer 55

Walter raleigh

Question 56

Greek new testament with latin translation

Answer 56

Erasmus

Question 57

Astrophil and stella

Answer 57

Philip sidney

Question 58

Parable of the wicked mammon

Answer 58

Tyndale

Question 59

The shepherds calendar

Answer 59

Edmund spenser

Question 60

What is our life

Answer 60

Walter raleigh

Question 61

Utopia

Answer 61

Thomas more

Question 62

The faerie queene

Answer 62

Edmund spenser

Question 63

A dialogue concerning heresies

Answer 63

Thomas more

Question 64

Love that liveth and reigneth in my thought

Answer 64

Henry howard

Question 65

An apology for poetry

Answer 65

Philip sidney

Question 66

Resorted to name calling in his debate with tyndale

Answer 66

Thomas more

Question 67

Beheaded by king james 1 after his last chance tonredeem himself failed

Answer 67

Walter raleigh

Question 68

His strength as a translator was his ability to communicate to the common man

Answer 68

William tyndale

Question 69

His purpose for writing was to make sure england didnt forget the atrocities committed by the catholics against the protestants

Answer 69

John foxe

Question 70

He invented blank verse and the english sonnet

Answer 70

Henry howard

Question 71

He wrote petrarchan sonnets after being exposed to them in italy

Answer 71

Thomas wyatt

Question 72

He was secretary to lord grey in ireland when he wrote his famous epic

Answer 72

Edmund spenser

Question 73

He wrote his poetry from prison

Answer 73

Walter raleigh

Question 74

Earned disfavor from queen elizabeth by writing a letter opposing her marriage to a french prince

Answer 74

Philip sidney

Question 75

King had six wives and three children who ruled after him

Answer 75

Henry VIII

Question 76

Protestantism reached high tide in england with this king

Answer 76

Edward VI

Question 77

Tudor england enjoyed higher standard of living in than in medieval times (T/F)

Answer 77

True

Question 78

Why did henry VIII divorce his first wife

Answer 78

She gave no son

Question 79

Tried to destroy protestantism and died with no heir

Answer 79

Bloody mary

Question 80

What did act of supremacy sever

Answer 80

The church of england

Question 81

What happened to the possessions of the catholic church after the act of supremacy went into effect

Answer 81

They became be kings

Question 82

Who became the new head of the church

Answer 82

The king

Question 83

What did the humanists establish because they wanted moral and spiritual improvement of society

Answer 83

Schools

Question 84

Name one reason the literature of this period was difficult for the modern reader

Answer 84

Academic

Question 85

Literature delights in order to _____

Answer 85

Teach

Question 86

Describe "error" with three facts from faerie queene

Answer 86

Half woman half serpent foul filthy

Question 87

Why did spenser write the sonnets amoretti

Answer 87

To celebrate his marraige

Question 88

Name one truth amoretti teaches

Answer 88

Beauty comes from within

Question 89

What was the name of the knight in the faerie queene and what did he typify

Answer 89

Red cross; an immature Christian who can either succeed or fail and is totally dependent on God

Question 90

Greater recognition of the profit making part of society and favoring their interests

Answer 90

Mercantilism

Question 91

Literary mode that contains shepherds in a very rural primitive setting

Answer 91

Pastoralism

Question 92

Contains an octave and a sestet totalling 14 lines

Answer 92

Italian sonnet

Question 93

Contains 3 quatrains and a couplet

Answer 93

English sonnet

Question 94

Killed many protestants and tried to restore england to its catholic faith

Answer 94

Mary I

Question 95

Wise shrewd monarch that ruled tmfor many years favored middle ground to keep peace and unity

Answer 95

Elizabeth I

Question 96

What make the story of Thomas cranmers martyrdom so dramatic

Answer 96

He was wrong to recant and burns the hand that signed it first

Question 97

Daughter of henry VIII and anne boleyn

Answer 97

Elizabeth I

Question 98

All the tudor monarchs after henry VII were plagued by the fear of ___

Answer 98

Heirlessness