Lit Exam #1

Question 0

Hypocrisy bible verses

Answer 0

Matt. 7:5, 1 John 4:20

Question 1

Ganelon’s disloyalty, needing to hurt the noble men, and evil will be defeated - Bible verses

Answer 1

Proverbs 19:5
Proverbs 6:12-16
Exodus 14:14

Question 2

Egotism - bible verses

Answer 2

James 3 (no humility)
Ephesians 4 (Christ and humility)

Question 3

Man - verses

Answer 3

Psalm 1:1-6

1 Cor 16:13

Question 4

What is the feudal credo?

Answer 4

The oath between kings and his thanes

1. Roland and Gautier
2. Roland and archbishop

Question 5

3 purposes of alliteration and examples

Answer 5

1. Emphasis
2. Lyrical qualities
3. Easy for hard to memorize
   - ————
4. Wound round with clouds
5. Mankind’ manifold sins

Question 6

Anglo-Saxon values and Chivalric Code

Answer 6

1. Loyalty/fidelitas (comparison)
   - hrothgar loyal to Aeschere
2. Benignus (selflessly kind)/boasting
   - Gawain and humility
   - Beowulf: battled 5 beasts, raided troll nest, killed sea-brutes

Question 7

Who is Venerable Bede?

Answer 7

• primary source for recounting the beginnings of the English people and the comings of Christianity
• recounts history of Anglo-Saxons
• Conversion of Edwin and Caedmon’s hymn

Question 8

Who was the real Arthur?

Answer 8

1. Random mentions - 4 or 5 people named Arthur who lived in the 6th and 7th century but these wee dated in the 5th and 6th century
2. Y Gododdin (a collection of death-songs), mentions battle in 6th century
3. Historia Brittonum - 829 (incorrect time period), sources = recent, not primary
4. Annales Cambriae - 950’s, sources = came from HB
   if he was real, would be Ambrosius Aurelianus
   - war hero
   - Christian
   -Bede talks about him
   - Arthur means bear in Celtic language and AA had a bear as his sigil