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Comp I > Pardoner's Tale, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Thomas Malory, and Le Morte d'Arthur Test > Flashcards

Pardoner's Tale, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Thomas Malory, and Le Morte d'Arthur Test Flashcards

1
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What is the verse of Scripture for the Pardoner’s Tale?

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1 Timothy 6:10

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What does 1 Timothy 6:10 say?

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The love of money is the root of all evil

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What is the Latin translation of “ The love of money is the root of all evil?”

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Radix Malorum est cupiditas

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4
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Who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

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The Pearl Poet

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What do literary historians know?

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The Pearl Poet was writing the same time as Chaucer

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How was the Pearl Poet educated?

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He used sophisticated poetic technique and his knowledge of French and Latin

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When was the only existing manuscript copy of Sir Gawain founded?

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1839

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What story is considered one of the best England romance?

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Romance

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a story or narrative that involves knight, kings, and supernatural creatures.

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What story did Sir Thomas Malory write?

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Le Morte d’Arthur

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What is Le Morte d’Arthur in English, since it is French?

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The Death of Arthur

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When was Le Morte d’Arthur first printed?

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1485

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Who printed Le Morte d’Arthur?

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William Caxton

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What did William Caxton do?

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He brought the printing press to England

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When was Le Morte d’Arthur published?

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After Malory’s death

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Who gave the Le Morte d’Arthur it’s title?

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Caxton

17
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What is Le Morte d’Arthur a combination of?

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English, French, and Latin stories about King Arthur

18
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Who created the first prose masterpiece in English?

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Malory

19
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Prose

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any literature story that is not in the form of a poem

20
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Which two stories are classified as a romance?

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Le Morte d’Arthur

21
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What are myths

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Fictional

22
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What are legends based on?

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Somewhere distant in the mist of time with some truth

23
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Legend

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a tale that is based on history and handed down from one generation to the next

24
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What is King Arthur

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Ideal

25
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What does the overturned chair symbolize in Le Morte d’Arthur

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King Arthur’s empire and its downfall

26
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What does the serpents represent?

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King Arthur’s pride

27
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Epitaph

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a tombstone inscription or brief poem composed in memory of someone who has died

28
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What is the epitaph written on King Arthur’s tombstone

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Here Lies the Arthur, The Once and Future King

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