Middle English Flashcards
Who, during part of the Middle English period, served as the archbishop of Canterbury?
St. Thomas Becket
Who dictated the first autobiography written in English?
Mergery Kempe
Who is the Father of English Literature?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Who wrote a sequel to Chaucer’s “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale”?
William Langland
How many tales are there in Caterbury Tales.
24 tales
When is Cantrebury Tales published?
14th Century
What story tells the grief of a father to his daughter, Margaret, with a famous line “My precious pene wythouthen spot”?
The Pearl
Who wrote the Pliers Plowman?
William Langland
Who wrote Troilus and Criseilde?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Who wrote Troilus and Criseilde?
Geoffrey Chaucer
What work contains these lines: “There hurls in at the hall-door an unknown rider . . . Half a giant on earth I hold him to be.”
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
This play contains the characters Coll, Gib, Daw, and Mak.
The Second Shepherd’s Play
Characters in this play include Knowledge, Beauty, Five-Wits, and Discretion.
Everyman
In this poem, Chaucer solicits his patron Henry IV to provide him with some cash.
Complaint to his purse
What does the lady give to Sir Gawain that will protect him from death?
Green Girdle
Who is the Green Knight?
Bertilak
How many years before Sir Gawain find the Green Knight again?
1 year and 1 day
What animals were given to Sir Gawain from 1st day to 3rd day?
1st day: Herd Does
2nd day: Boar’s Head
3rd day: Fox
Middle English was influenced by ________
Anglo- Norman
Middle or Medieval Period is known as
The Dark Age
Canterbury Tale is known as a ________
story within a story
Who are the three Italian authors who influenced Chaucer?
Petrarch, Boccacio, Alighieri
Who are the three Italian authors who influenced Chaucer?
Petrarch, Boccacio, Alighieri
Who published the Canterbury Tales?
William Caxton
