Middle Ages Test

Question 1

4 of the literary genres of the catenary tales

Answer 1

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

Question 2

4 of the elements of a romance

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Summarize get up and bar the door

Answer 3

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.

Question 4

Murdered boy sings song to honor Mary before dying

Answer 4

The Prioress Tale

Question 5

A man kills his daughter to avoid shame

Answer 5

The Physician’s tale

Question 6

Chicken eaten by Fox, wife burns feathers from grief

Answer 6

The nun’s priest tale

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Summoner’s Tale

Question 8

Friar tells a derogatory tale about the summoner

Answer 8

The friar’s tale

Question 9

January marries May but falls in love with Damien

Answer 9

The merchant’s tale

Question 10

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

Answer 10

The miller’s tale

Question 11

A sermon on the seven deadly sins

Answer 11

The parson’s tale

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The Knight’s Tale

Question 13

Arthur’s wife

Answer 13

Genivere

Question 14

Who raises Arthur?

Answer 14

Merlin

Question 15

Who is Arthur’s illegitimate child?

Answer 15

Mordred

Question 16

Keeper of the holy grail

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Arthur’s half sister

Answer 17

Morgan le fay

Question 18

Pulled the sword from the stone

Answer 18

Arthur

Question 19

Arthur’s father

Answer 19

Utter

Question 20

Who gave Arthur Excalibur

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Who rescues Guinevere from maleagante

Answer 21

Lancelot

Question 22

Who is the most developed character in the prologue

Answer 22

Wife of Bath

Question 23

Never mentions Christianity in the tale

Answer 23

The pardoner

Question 24

Who had Mallory’s work published

Answer 24

William Caxton

Question 25

Who is a near perfect hero

Answer 25

Sir Gawain

Question 26

Who spent 20 years in prison

Answer 26

Sir Thomas Mallory

Question 27

Who bragged about marriages

Answer 27

Wife of bath

Question 28

Who can be compared to the old woman

Answer 28

The wife of bath

Question 29

Who commissioned the doomsday book

Answer 29

William the conqueror

Question 30

Who is the innkeeper of the Canterbury tales

Answer 30

Chaucer

Question 31

Who is the father of English poetry

Answer 31

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 32

Who is second most developed character

Answer 32

The pardoner

Question 33

Which character is the product of Druid myth

Answer 33

The Green Knight

Question 34

2 major themes of the Canterbury tales

Answer 34

The unfaithful wife and the patient and suffering woman

Question 35

Frame for the tales

Answer 35

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

Question 36

How Chaucer defines his characters

Answer 36

Occupation but he also tries to show their best qualities

Question 37

How many tales should there be and how many exist

Answer 37

24 exist but there should have been 116

Question 38

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

Answer 38

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

Question 39

What type of story is the wife of baths tale

Answer 39

It is a fairytale

Question 40

2 types of ballads

Answer 40

Folk and literary ballads

Question 41

Lord Randall

Answer 41

Folk ballad

Question 42

Edward Edward

Answer 42

International ballad

Question 43

Get up and bar the door

Answer 43

Folk ballad

Question 44

Who defeated the Anglo-Saxon king

Answer 44

William the Conqueror

Question 45

Brought Feudalism

Answer 45

William the Conqueror

Question 46

Comissioned the Doomsday book

Answer 46

William the Conqueror

Question 47

1095

Answer 47

Crusades start

Question 48

1215

Answer 48

Magna Carta

Question 49

1348

Answer 49

Plague hits England

Question 50

2 changes brought by the Black Death

Answer 50

Freed serfs, ended fuedalism

Question 51

4 literary forms of medieval literature

Answer 51

Epic, romances, allegories, and ballads

Question 52

never mentions christianity

Answer 52

Pardoner

Question 53

has little or no concern about Christianity

Answer 53

Pardoner

Question 54

First serious poet

Answer 54

Chaucer

Question 55

When was the first book published

Answer 55

1475

Question 56

Father of English poetry

Answer 56

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 57

what type of story is the wife of bath's tale

Answer 57

fairytale

Question 58

2 types of ballads

Answer 58

folk and literary

Question 59

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

Answer 59

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

Question 60

How many cantebury tales should exist but how many are there

Answer 60

116, 24

Question 61

2 major themes of the cantebury tales

Answer 61

The unfaithrful wife and the patient and struggling woman.

Question 62

framework for the tales

Answer 62

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.

Question 63

How are the characters defined

Answer 63

by occupation

Question 64

Lord Randall

Answer 64

folk ballad, conversational or international

Question 65

Edward, Edward

Answer 65

conversational, folk

Question 66

Get up and bar the door

Answer 66

husband and wife competition

Question 67

2 things woven into Arthurian literature

Answer 67

mortal challenge and erotic temptation.