Units 1-2

Question 1

What section has the theme of love of money is the root of all evil?

Answer 1

“The Pardoner’s Tale”

Question 2

short narrative folk song

Answer 2

popular ballad

Question 3

What poem shows the irony of a seaman longing for hte sea despite hardships?

Answer 3

“The Seafarer”

Question 4

What poem shows that a worm can destroy the words of great men?

Answer 4

“Bookworm”

Question 5

a pause or break in a line of poetry

Answer 5

caesure

Question 6

Hrothgar

Answer 6

Beowulf

Question 7

Who wrote Morte Darthur?

Answer 7

Sir Thomas Malory

Question 8

What is the greatest Anglo-Saxon poem?

Answer 8

Beowulf

Question 9

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

Answer 9

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 10

In Morte Darthur, what happened when the sword Excalibur was thrown into the water?

Answer 10

It was caught by a hand.

Question 11

“At night there came into that hostelry
Full nine and twenty in a company
Of sundry folk, by chance together there.”

Answer 11

The Canterbury Tales

Question 12

“Since my love died for me to-day, I’ll die for him to-morrow.”

Answer 12

Bonny Barbara Allen

Question 13

Sire John Graeme

Answer 13

“Bonny Barbara Allan”

Question 14

Who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

Answer 14

the Pearl Poet

Question 15

What friend of Everyman was willing to go with him at the end?

Answer 15

Good-deeds

Question 16

stresses certain syllables or words

Answer 16

accent

Question 17

What selection has the subject of the hour of death?

Answer 17

Everyman

Question 18

moveable platform upon which plays were produced during medieval period

Answer 18

pageant

Question 19

Sir Bedivere

Answer 19

Morte Darthur

Question 20

Who was the first English poet whose name is known?

Answer 20

Caedmon

Question 21

Mary and Joseph

Answer 21

“The Cherry-Tree Carol”

Question 22

Wiglaf

Answer 22

Beowulf

Question 23

Who is the Father of English Prose?

Answer 23

John Wycliffe

Question 24

In Everyman, who surprised Everyman with a visit at the beginning?

Answer 24

Death

Question 25

strong metaphorical expression

Answer 25

kenning

Question 26

Who wrote Ecclesiastical History of the English People?

Answer 26

the Venerable Bede

Question 27

based upon the adventures of knights

Answer 27

medieval romance

Question 28

“I charge thee, to receive such a blow as thou hast dealt. Thou deservest to be promptly paid on New Year’s Morn.

Answer 28

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Question 29

plays based upon biblical subjects

Answer 29

mystery play

Question 30

In Beowulf, who was the last enemy that Beowulf slays?

Answer 30

the dragon

Question 31

King Arthur

Answer 31

Morte Darthur

Question 32

a short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson

Answer 32

exmplum

Question 33

What is an Anglo-Saxon poet called?

Answer 33

scop

Question 34

play based upon legends of the saints

Answer 34

miracle play

Question 35

“They made a paction tween them twa, They made it firm and sure.”

Answer 35

“Get Up and Bar the Door”

Question 36

What was the first literature of the Anglo-Saxons?

Answer 36

poetry

Question 37

three men looking for Death

Answer 37

“The Pardoner’s Tale”