Anglo Saxon And Medieval Age

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Question 2

Caesura

Answer 2

A pause near the middle of the line (Scottish)

Question 3

Kenning

Answer 3

Takes a regular word and elaborates it to be more colorful

Question 4

Feudalism

Answer 4

The medieval social class system

Question 5

Crusade

Answer 5

A medieval military expansion, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the holy land

Question 6

What is the beginning date for the medieval age?

Answer 6

1066

Question 7

Pilgrimage

Answer 7

A religious journey to ones religious home land and/or sanctioned area

Question 8

Ballad

Answer 8

A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Usually passed orally. And sad

Question 9

Types of Chaurer tales

Answer 9

Chivalric romance, myth, Breton Lais, beast fables, mock heroic, mock romance , exemplum, and fabliau

Question 10

chivalric romance

Answer 10

tales of courtly love, romance, adventure (quests) and knightly conflict

Question 11

myth

Answer 11

the retelling of a classic myth

Question 12

Breton Lais

Answer 12

set in the Brittany region of France; tales of magic, fairies, folklore and courtly love

Question 13

beast fable

Answer 13

animals are given human characteristics; usually teaches a moral

Question 14

mock heroic

Answer 14

Ridicules by imitation, chivalric literature and heroes

Question 15

mock romance

Answer 15

Ridicules by imitation, chivalric literature and romance

Question 16

exemplum

Answer 16

a tale, usually inserted into the text of a sermon that illustrates a moral principle

Question 17

fabliau

Answer 17

Humorous, bawdy, or course tale often dealing with sexual innuendo, trickery, or love triangles; often directed against marriage of the clergy

Question 18

Hierarchy

Answer 18

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

Question 19

Literary styles of Anglo Saxsons

Answer 19

Poetry, Prose, and bibliography

Question 20

Beast of battle

Answer 20

Wolf, hawk,Raven and eagle

Question 21

Wergeld

Answer 21

The value set in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law upon human life in accordance with rank and paid as compensation to the kindred or lord of a slain person.

Question 22

Medieval play styles

Answer 22

Miracle, mystery and Morality

Question 23

Courtly Love

Answer 23

1. Marriage should not be a deterrent to love.
2. Love cannot exist in the individual who cannot be jealous.
3. A double love cannot obligate an individual.
4. Love constantly waxes and wanes.
5. That which is not given freely by the object of one’s love loses its savor.
6. It is necessary for a male to reach the age of maturity in order to love.

Question 24

What is the beginning date for Anglo-Saxson?

Answer 24

449