Chapter 2

Question 0

Folk song , a song that is traditionally sung by common people of a region and forms part of their culture

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Folk ballad

Question 1

A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

Answer 1

Ballad

Question 2

Is a narrative poem created by a poet in imitation to the old anonymous folk ballad

Answer 2

Literary ballad

Question 3

Is a literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story

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Frame story

Question 4

Two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme

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Couplets

Question 5

The general character or attitude of a place

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Tone

Question 6

A stanza of 4 lines especially one having alternate rhymes

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Quatrains

Question 7

A quality of feeling of mystery, excitement and remoteness

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Romance

Question 8

Particular philosophy of art and literature that these forms should convey information and instruction along with pleasure and entertainment

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Didacticism

Question 9

Typically satires or parodies that mock common physical stereotypes of heroes

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Mock epic

Question 10

The main event in a play, work devised by the writer

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Plot

Question 11

The prevailing tone or mood of a place

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Atmosphere

Question 12

Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

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Hyperbole

Question 13

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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Symbolism

Question 14

The presentation of something as being smaller, worse or less important

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Understatement

Question 15

The substitution of the name of an attribute for that of the thing meant

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Metonymy

Question 16

Elements emphasized in the mid evil romance

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• An adventurous knights quest
• romantic love
• acts of chivalry
• supernatural elements
• the idea of civilized society

Question 17

The chancellor at oxford university and the ecclesiastical council considered his beliefs to be heretical and he was brought to trial before an ecclesiastical synod (a local or special ecclesiastical council)

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John Wycliffe

Question 18

He taught that the primary requirement for clergy is a Godly lifestyle

Answer 18

John Wycliffe

Question 19

He was a civil official and diplomat

Answer 19

Jeffrey Chaucer

Question 20

Thomas Malory- as the legend of King Arthur spread in the 13th and 14th centuries it acquired some establishments… What were they?

Answer 20

• the French turned Arthur from chieftain to king
• the welsh added supernatural elements to the tale
• when the legend ventured to England, it became fiercely patriotic
• the tutor dynasty claimed descent from Arthur

Question 21

Why did King Arthur agree to let beau mains try to rescue the damsel?

Answer 21

Because Arthur had promised to grant him three wishes and this was one of them

Question 22

The Robin Hood cycle of ballads communicates the common mans what?

Answer 22

View point

Question 23

The following ballads have topics concerned with death…

Answer 23

• sir Patrick spence
• the twa corbies
• the wife of ushers well