Quiz 5

Question 1

Why did Alfred the Great require that all free young men learn to read English?

Answer 1

to get wisdom which is gods will

Question 2

What was Danelaw?

Answer 2

Where danish customs rule

Question 3

What name do we use today for the region of France where Danish Vikings settled in 900?

Answer 3

Normandy

Question 4

In 1066 William of Normandy defeated King Herold to become king of England.

a. What justification did William of Normandy give in his claim to the English throne?
b. What did William decree about the official language of England?

Answer 4

A. Heritage/Bloodline

B. French was to be the official language

Question 5

T/F: In courtly love, a knight does not fight for his lord but to win honor in the eyes of his love

Answer 5

True

Question 6

In which province of France does Eliduc originate?

Answer 6

Brittany

Question 7

For what purpose did the king of Exeter give the captive prisoners to Eliduc?

Answer 7

ransoming

Question 8

For how long does the King of Exeter then retain contact with Eliduc?

Answer 8

1 year

Question 9

What does Gilliadun say she will do if Eliduc doesnt love her?

Answer 9

die of dispair

Question 10

What does Guilliadun send to Eliduc?

Answer 10

a gold ring and a belt

Question 11

Why does the king in Brittany ask for Eliduc to return?

Answer 11

All his strongholds are under seige and Eliduc could save them

Question 12

T/F:Meanwhile the passionate feeling between Guilliadun and Eliduc has led to intimacy

Answer 12

False

Question 13

What reason does Eliduc give for not taking Guilliadun with him?

Answer 13

It would break his oath to the king

Question 14

T/F:Eliduc concedes things to the enemy in Brittany to make peace early

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T/F:Eliduc and Guilliadun get her fathers permission to leave together

Answer 15

False

Question 16

T/F:The author expresses great sympathy for the sailor

Answer 16

False

Question 17

T/F:Eliduc greets Guideluec with false smiles and kind words

Answer 17

False

Question 18

What does Guideluec say Eliduc must give her?

Answer 18

some of his land

Question 19

Complete this line from “Lord,”(one word) “Free me from my prison of __________”

Answer 19

lies

Question 20

In “A Lover’s prize” in whose places does she want her lover?

Answer 20

her husbands

Question 21

In “The Wound of Love” what did the loved one do “with such vehemence?

Answer 21

they refused him

Question 22

What does Dante wish that Guido, Lapo, and he could talk about “without an end”?

Answer 22

Love