Adam Final Review

Question 1

a famous cathedral in London

Answer 1

St. Paul’s

Question 2

a highway that ran between Winchester and Canterbury

Answer 2

Pilgrim’s Way

Question 3

a major river that runs through London

Answer 3

Thames River

Question 4

a medieval drama which portrayed Bible stories

Answer 4

miracle play

Question 5

boring; repetitive

Answer 5

monotonous

Question 6

document signed in 1215, limiting the power of the king

Answer 6

Magna Carta

Question 7

coarse

Answer 7

crude

Question 8

crude

Answer 8

coarse

Question 9

discontent

Answer 9

dissatisfaction

Question 10

dissatisfaction

Answer 10

discontent

Question 11

expressing sorrow

Answer 11

plaintive

Question 12

Famous scholar who taught at Oxford

Answer 12

Roger Bacon

Question 13

feeling great delight

Answer 13

rapturous

Question 14

force

Answer 14

duress

Question 15

“He stands by the laws - and he doesn’t make them all himself either.”

To whom was the speaker referring?

Answer 15

King Edward I

Question 16

high spirited

Answer 16

pert

Question 17

idling

Answer 17

wasting time

Question 18

improvised

Answer 18

made using whatever possible

Question 19

In what year does the story begin?

Answer 19

1294

Question 20

“Keep your eyes open, boy. You may see big things happening.”

Who said this?

Answer 20

the old man at the inn

Question 21

“Keep your eyes open, boy. You may see big things happening.”

What did he see as a boy?

Answer 21

the barons gathering with the king’s assistant before the signing of the Magna Carta

Question 22

made using whatever possible

Answer 22

improvised

Question 23

monotonous

Answer 23

boring; repetitive

Question 24

morosely

Answer 24

sadly

Question 25

peace

Answer 25

serenity

Question 26

pert

Answer 26

high spirited

Question 27

plaintive

Answer 27

expressing sorrow

Question 28

rapturous

Answer 28

feeling great delight

Question 29

regret

Answer 29

remorse

Question 30

remorse

Answer 30

regret

Question 31

resent

Answer 31

to feel bitter about

Question 32

resolutely

Answer 32

with determination

Question 33

sadly

Answer 33

morosely

Question 34

serenity

Answer 34

peace

Question 35

the Monday after the 12th day of Christmas, when everyone goes back to work

Answer 35

Plow Monday

Question 36

to feel bitter about

Answer 36

resent

Question 37

wasting time

Answer 37

idling

Question 38

Where is Adam when the story begins?

Answer 38

St Albans

Question 39

Where is Adam's father at the opening of the book?

Answer 39

minstrel school in France

Question 40

Who illustrated this book?

Answer 40

Robert Lawson

Question 41

Who is the author of this book?

Answer 41

Elizabeth Janet Gray

Question 42

with determination

Answer 42

resolutely

Question 43

gloomily

Answer 43

sullenly

Question 44

horrified

Answer 44

aghast

Question 45

divided

Answer 45

partitioned

Question 46

noise

Answer 46

din

Question 47

thin

Answer 47

gaunt

Question 48

confusion

Answer 48

perplexity

Question 49

accusingly

Answer 49

reproachfully

Question 50

attack

Answer 50

beset

Question 51

resolutely

Answer 51

with determination

Question 52

sullenly

Answer 52

gloomily

Question 53

aghast

Answer 53

horrified

Question 54

partitioned

Answer 54

divided

Question 55

din

Answer 55

noise

Question 56

gaunt

Answer 56

thin

Question 57

perplexity

Answer 57

confusion

Question 58

reproachfully

Answer 58

accusingly

Question 59

beset

Answer 59

attack

Question 60

took care of Nick while Adam was at school

Answer 60

Dame Malkin

Question 61

a nobleman who employed Roger as his minstrel

Answer 61

Sir Edmund de Lisle

Question 62

a friendly squire who taught Adam new words at de Lisle House

Answer 62

Simon Talbot

Question 63

a merchant that took Adam to Giles's fair; waylaid in the woods by a robber knight

Answer 63

Daun William

Question 64

pretty girl Adam tried to impress; daughter of the wealthy deLisle family

Answer 64

Margery de Lisle

Question 65

the mistrel who stole Nick

Answer 65

Jankin

Question 66

traveling mistrels: Jack, Alison, Lawrence, and Andrew

Answer 66

the de Vesey family

Question 67

one of the largest fairs held in Europe, located at Winchester

Answer 67

Gile's Fair

Question 68

Adam's friend at St. Alban's school; planned on going to Oxford

Answer 68

Perkin

Question 69

vicar of the parish who cared for Adam after his fall from the wall

Answer 69

Master Walter

Question 70

... he said to himself, "Today he's coming! I know it!" Who said that?

Answer 70

Adam

Question 71

... he said to himself, "Today he's coming! I know it!" Who was coming?

Answer 71

Roger

Question 72

"... a minstrel sings what his listeners what to hear?" Who said that?

Answer 72

Roger

Question 73

"... a minstrel sings what his listeners what to hear?" To whom was the speaker speaking?

Answer 73

Adam

Question 74

"Mistrels get about and so do students." Who said that?

Answer 74

Perkin

Question 75

"Mistrels get about and so do students." To whom was the speaker speaking?

Answer 75

Adam

Question 76

"It's well to have a second string to your bow." Who said that?

Answer 76

Roger

Question 77

"It's well to have a second string to your bow." To whom was the speaker speaking?

Answer 77

Adam

Question 78

"Sooner or later," said Roger, "you see everybody you know in Paul's Walk." What is Paul's Walk?

Answer 78

the center aisle in St. Paul's cathedral

Question 79

"I am a mistrel. I have right of entrance anywhere. Let me pass." Where was Adam trying to gain entrance?

Answer 79

Guildford Castle

Question 80

"Whom God will help, no man can harm." Who said that?

Answer 80

Adam

Question 81

"Whom God will help, no man can harm." To whom was the speaker speaking?

Answer 81

himself

Question 82

"That which concerns all should be approved by all." Who said that?

Answer 82

King Edward

Question 83

What is missing when Adam wakes up at the inn at Burford Bridge?

Answer 83

Nick

Question 84

When Adam goes to Guildford, where does he go to find Roger?

Answer 84

the castle

Question 85

Who owns the forest through which Adam rides with Daun Williams?

Answer 85

the king

Question 86

What is the miracle play that Adam watches?

Answer 86

The Fall of Adam

Question 87

Who takes care of Adam after he falls off the church wall?

Answer 87

Master Walter and Dame Prudence

Question 88

Where does Adam spend the night after fleeing from the hue and cry?

Answer 88

under the bridge

Question 89

Who took NIck away from St. Alban's?

Answer 89

Perkin

Question 90

What is Adam's job when he helps Perkin's father in the fields?

Answer 90

breaking up clods of dirt

Question 91

What three things is Adam given by the people at Ewelme?

Answer 91

coat, shoes, bagpipe