Units 1-2 Flashcards
What section has the theme of love of money is the root of all evil?
“The Pardoner’s Tale”
short narrative folk song
popular ballad
What poem shows the irony of a seaman longing for hte sea despite hardships?
“The Seafarer”
What poem shows that a worm can destroy the words of great men?
“Bookworm”
a pause or break in a line of poetry
caesure
Hrothgar
Beowulf
Who wrote Morte Darthur?
Sir Thomas Malory
What is the greatest Anglo-Saxon poem?
Beowulf
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
In Morte Darthur, what happened when the sword Excalibur was thrown into the water?
It was caught by a hand.
“At night there came into that hostelry
Full nine and twenty in a company
Of sundry folk, by chance together there.”
The Canterbury Tales
“Since my love died for me to-day, I’ll die for him to-morrow.”
Bonny Barbara Allen
Sire John Graeme
“Bonny Barbara Allan”
Who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
the Pearl Poet
What friend of Everyman was willing to go with him at the end?
Good-deeds
stresses certain syllables or words
accent
What selection has the subject of the hour of death?
Everyman
moveable platform upon which plays were produced during medieval period
pageant
Sir Bedivere
Morte Darthur
Who was the first English poet whose name is known?
Caedmon
Mary and Joseph
“The Cherry-Tree Carol”
Wiglaf
Beowulf
Who is the Father of English Prose?
John Wycliffe
In Everyman, who surprised Everyman with a visit at the beginning?
Death
