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Middle Ages Test Flashcards

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1
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4 of the literary genres of the catenary tales

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Fables, romantic adventure, religious allegories, saint’s biographies

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4 of the elements of a romance

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A near perfect hero, supernatural events, a quest, and an evil enemy

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Summarize get up and bar the door

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A husband and wife have a competition to see who will close the door because neither of them are willing to do it. It is a silent game. Two men come into their house and eat their old Halloween feast. The men decide to shave the man’s beard and kiss the wife. The husband speaks up and loses the game.

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Murdered boy sings song to honor Mary before dying

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The Prioress Tale

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5
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A man kills his daughter to avoid shame

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The Physician’s tale

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Chicken eaten by Fox, wife burns feathers from grief

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The nun’s priest tale

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The friar harasses Sir Thomas for money but only received a fart

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Summoner’s Tale

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Friar tells a derogatory tale about the summoner

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The friar’s tale

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9
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January marries May but falls in love with Damien

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The merchant’s tale

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John’s wife tricks him so she can date his roommate

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The miller’s tale

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A sermon on the seven deadly sins

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The parson’s tale

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12
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Two soldiers who are cousins fight for Emelye but we don’t know who wins

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The Knight’s Tale

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13
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Arthur’s wife

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Genivere

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14
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Who raises Arthur?

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Merlin

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15
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Who is Arthur’s illegitimate child?

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Mordred

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16
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Keeper of the holy grail

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Alain son of joseph, “The Rich Fischer” “Fisher King”

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17
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Arthur’s half sister

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Morgan le fay

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18
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Pulled the sword from the stone

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Arthur

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19
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Arthur’s father

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Utter

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20
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Who gave Arthur Excalibur

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In the version where the sword was in the stone, Merlin put it there. Another version holds that the lady of the lake gave Excalibur to Arthur

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21
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Who rescues Guinevere from maleagante

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Lancelot

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22
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Who is the most developed character in the prologue

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Wife of Bath

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23
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Never mentions Christianity in the tale

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The pardoner

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24
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Who had Mallory’s work published

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William Caxton

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25
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Who is a near perfect hero

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Sir Gawain

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26
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Who spent 20 years in prison

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Sir Thomas Mallory

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27
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Who bragged about marriages

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Wife of bath

28
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Who can be compared to the old woman

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The wife of bath

29
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Who commissioned the doomsday book

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William the conqueror

30
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Who is the innkeeper of the Canterbury tales

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Chaucer

31
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Who is the father of English poetry

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Geoffrey Chaucer

32
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Who is second most developed character

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The pardoner

33
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Which character is the product of Druid myth

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The Green Knight

34
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2 major themes of the Canterbury tales

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The unfaithful wife and the patient and suffering woman

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Frame for the tales

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The prologue, a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury cathedral where Thomas becket was murdered centuries before. They have a competition to see who can tell the best tale brought up by the host of the tavern

36
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How Chaucer defines his characters

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Occupation but he also tries to show their best qualities

37
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How many tales should there be and how many exist

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24 exist but there should have been 116

38
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What does the wife of bath defend and what does the old woman defend

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The wife of bath defends female sexuality old woman defends poverty and low standards

39
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What type of story is the wife of baths tale

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It is a fairytale

40
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2 types of ballads

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Folk and literary ballads

41
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Lord Randall

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Folk ballad

42
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Edward Edward

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International ballad

43
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Get up and bar the door

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Folk ballad

44
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Who defeated the Anglo-Saxon king

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William the Conqueror

45
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Brought Feudalism

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William the Conqueror

46
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Comissioned the Doomsday book

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William the Conqueror

47
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1095

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Crusades start

48
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1215

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Magna Carta

49
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1348

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Plague hits England

50
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2 changes brought by the Black Death

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Freed serfs, ended fuedalism

51
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4 literary forms of medieval literature

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Epic, romances, allegories, and ballads

52
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never mentions christianity

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Pardoner

53
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has little or no concern about Christianity

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Pardoner

54
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First serious poet

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Chaucer

55
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When was the first book published

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1475

56
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Father of English poetry

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Geoffrey Chaucer

57
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what type of story is the wife of bath’s tale

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fairytale

58
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2 types of ballads

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folk and literary

59
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The old woman defends ________ and the wife of bath defends ____

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WOB defends female sexuality, old woman defends social status and poverty

60
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How many cantebury tales should exist but how many are there

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116, 24

61
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2 major themes of the cantebury tales

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The unfaithrful wife and the patient and struggling woman.

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framework for the tales

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prologue, 30 people on the pilgrimage to cantebury cathedral where Thomas beckett was murdered centuries ago. The innkeeper suggests a story telling competition to pass the time for the travelers.

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How are the characters defined

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by occupation

64
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Lord Randall

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folk ballad, conversational or international

65
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Edward, Edward

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conversational, folk

66
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Get up and bar the door

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husband and wife competition

67
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2 things woven into Arthurian literature

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mortal challenge and erotic temptation.

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