Unit 2 Test

Question 1

Old English literature reacted primarily against the_________threat to society while Middle English literature sought to remedy the__________to society

Answer 1

External; internal

Question 2

The event associated with the end of the English middle ages is

Answer 2

The ascension of Henry the VII to the throne

Question 3

One correct statement about the growth of the English language during the mid 14th-century is

Answer 3

English regained the respect of the upper classes

Question 4

Which writers most influenced English medieval poets who wrote for sophisticated audiences

Answer 4

French

Question 5

Wycliffe is associated with what movements

Answer 5

Nationalism; scholasticism; Lollardism

Question 6

In “For the order of the priesthood,” Wycliffe taught that one of the primary requirements for clergy is

Answer 6

Purity

Question 7

Wycliffe cites Bernard of Clairvaux in his attack on

Answer 7

Wealthy, worldly clergymen

Question 8

What statements about Chaucer are correct

Answer 8

1) His variety of experience and gave him insight into human nature and social institutions.
2) He was born into the middle ages, rose in the ranks of the aristocracy, and married into the nobility.
3) He successfully use satire both to entertain had to show moral indignation

Question 9

In “The Canterbury Tales,” Chaucer’s use of a pilgrimage was appropriate for all of the following reasons

Answer 9

1) He structurally united a variety of tales and a single composition.
2) They provided a vehicle for social commentary by bring together people from all walks of society.
3) It brought together a variety of people with universal character traits.

Question 10

The original plan for “The Canterbury Tales” projected about how many stories

Answer 10

120

Question 11

By saying that the prioress “was not under grown, as all could see,” Chaucer uses

Answer 11

Understatement

Question 12

What element in “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” alludes to the Biblical story of man’s fall

Answer 12

The reference to the month of March

Question 13

What statements about the evolution of the king Arthur legend are true

Answer 13

1) The French turned Arthur from chieftain into king.
2) The welsh added supernatural elements to the tale.
3) When the legend return to England, it became fiercely patriotic.

Question 14

Which dynasty claimed descent from Arthur

Answer 14

Tudor

Question 15

Sir Thomas Mallory’s “Morte d’Arthur” is an example of

Answer 15

A medieval romance

Question 16

What is characteristic of a typical ballad

Answer 16

Repetition
Detachment
Conciseness

Question 17

“Get up and Bar the Door” is not concerned with what aspect of life

Answer 17

Death

Question 18

What system blended philosophy and theology, and what did it attempt to do

Answer 18

Scholasticism–reason for faith

Question 19

Name three of the many elements emphasized in the medieval romance

Answer 19

1) gallant knight
2) supernatural elements
3) romances

Question 20

What are indulgences

Answer 20

Payments to the Catholic Church in order to keep loved ones or themselves out of purgatory

Question 21

Wycliffe’s followers were called Lollards. What does Larlered mean

Answer 21

Mumblers

Question 22

List three of the many similarities between Chaucer and Wycliffe

Answer 22

1) Both knew John of Gaunt
2) Both were known by the king
3) both were critical of the Catholic Church

Question 23

What is a frame tale

Answer 23

A story within a story

Question 24

In what section of “The Canterbury Tales” does the author give his plans for the work and introduce his characters

Answer 24

General Prologue

Question 25

What is a beast fable

Answer 25

A story that gives animals human characteristics

Question 26

What is the name for work that treats trivia subjects in heroic terms

Answer 26

Mock epic

Question 27

In “Morte d’Arthur,” why is it necessary day Gareth finally reveal his name

Answer 27

Only those of noble blood could become knights

Question 28

Why do the numerous ballads exist in so many various versions

Answer 28

They were passed down orally

Question 29

Which cycle of ballads especially communicates the common man’s viewpoint

Answer 29

Robin Hood Cycle

Question 30

Do the writers of the middle English period declare that the remedy for the ills of society is a return to the ideal of the past

Answer 30

Yes

Question 31

Was Wycliffe’s two part plan for evangelizing England to send out trained preachers and to teach lower classes how to read

Answer 31

No

Question 32

Did classical humanism, which is similar to modern humanism, impede the spread of true biblical scholarship

Answer 32

No

Question 33

Is social satire with allegorical overtones the most characteristic secular medieval literature

Answer 33

Yes

Question 34

Did Wycliffe’s superiors at Oxford University and the ecclesiastical council consider his beliefs to be heretical

Answer 34

Yes

Question 35

Were Chaucers aims literary as well as Morrow

Answer 35

Yes

Question 36

Where did the legend of Arthur probably originate

Answer 36

In the exploits of a Celtic chieftain in the fifth century

Question 37

He sang or playing his flute the livelong day

Answer 37

Squire

Question 38

She was “eat supremely and well

Answer 38

Prioress

Question 39

Gladly would he learn and gladly teach

Answer 39

Student

Question 40

First he did and afterwards he taught

Answer 40

Parson

Question 41

Pity he had an ulcer on his leg

Answer 41

Cook

Question 42

She had 10 pounds of linen on her head

Answer 42

Widow of Bath

Question 43

He loved God with his whole heart all the while

Answer 43

Plowman

Question 44

There was never yet a man who could have told he was in debt

Answer 44

Merchant

Question 45

None was so busy as he with case and cause, and yet he seemed much busier than he was

Answer 45

Lawyer

Question 46

His brows were scabby in black, and then his beard. His was a face that little children.

Answer 46

Summoner