Unit 4

Question 1

The theme of _____ is chivalry.

Answer 1

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Question 2

Tyranny by the English monarchs led to the document called the _____.

Answer 2

Magna Carta

Question 3

The bubonic plague, a widespread disease, was also called the _____.

Answer 3

Black Death

Question 4

The _____ period is also called the Anglo-Saxon period.

Answer 4

Old English

Question 5

This is an award of chivalry in English knighthood.

Answer 5

Order of the Garter

Question 6

Its prevalence led to a focus on religion and the afterlife in literature during the Middle Ages.

Answer 6

death

Question 7

This is the main difference between Middle English and Modern English.

Answer 7

spelling

Question 8

This is a period of rebirth of literature between the 14th and 17th centuries.

Answer 8

Renaissance

Question 9

This is an accurate representation of nature, humanity, and culture in art.

Answer 9

realism

Question 10

This shows the “ugly” without causing pain, and is a genre described by Aristotle.

Answer 10

comedy

Question 11

T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and Sylvia Plath gave a voice to this segment of the public.

Answer 11

radical

Question 12

a loss of faith and a feeling of disappointment

Answer 12

disillusionment

Question 13

a style using simple language and precise visual images

Answer 13

imagism

Question 14

doubt to the truth of something

Answer 14

skepticism

Question 15

an artistic work that uses symbolic characters and events to express truths about specific human situations

Answer 15

allegory

Question 16

putting on an act, faking, or posturing

Answer 16

pretense

Question 17

Sons and Lovers

Answer 17

D.H. Lawrence

Question 18

Man and Superman

Answer 18

George Bernard Shaw

Question 19

Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought

Answer 19

H.G. Wells

Question 20

“Goblin Market”

Answer 20

Christina Rossetti

Question 21

The Canterbury Tales

Answer 21

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 22

The Faerie Queene

Answer 22

Edmund Spenser

Question 23

An Essay on Criticism

Answer 23

Alexander Pope

Question 24

_____ was the Renaissance writer who most influenced our current world.

Answer 24

Shakespeare

Question 25

The Viking Beowulf kills the monster _____.

Answer 25

Grendel

Question 26

The battle of the knight conquering _____ is allegorical for a person battling untruth.

Answer 26

Foul Error

Question 27

_____ was the first English historian.

Answer 27

Saint Bede

Question 28

_____ refers to a new Classical art influenced by ancient Roman and Greek writers.

Answer 28

Neoclassicism

Question 29

the study of religion, usually one of a single creator

Answer 29

theology

Question 30

the service of the knights; the code of honor held by knights

Answer 30

chivalry

Question 31

the process of change and breakthrough

Answer 31

innovation

Question 32

a long poem that tells about cultural events and heroic deeds

Answer 32

epic poem

Question 33

a genre of drama that portrays biblical events to celebrate religious holidays

Answer 33

mystery plays