Middle Ages Test

Question 1

The most developed character in the Prologue.

Answer 1

The Wife of Bath

Question 2

Who brought feudalism?

Answer 2

William the Conqueror

Question 3

Never mentions Christianity in their tale

Answer 3

Pardoner

Question 4

Who had Malory’s work published?

Answer 4

William Caxton

Question 5

Who is a near-perfect hero?

Answer 5

Gawain

Question 6

Who spent 20 years in prison?

Answer 6

Sir Thomas Malory

Question 7

Who brags about marriages?

Answer 7

The Wife of Bath

Question 8

Who has little or no concern about religious matters?

Answer 8

Pardoner

Question 9

Who can be compared to the old woman?

Answer 9

The Wife of Bath

Question 10

Who commissioned the Doomsday Book?

Answer 10

William the Conqueror

Question 11

Who is the Innkeeper in the Canterbury Tales?

Answer 11

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 12

Who is the 2nd most developed character in the Canterbury Tales?

Answer 12

Pardoner

Question 13

Who is the Father of English Poetry?

Answer 13

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 14

Which character is the product of Druid myth?

Answer 14

The Green Knight

Question 15

Who defeated the Anglo-Saxon king?

Answer 15

William the Conqueror

Question 16

What happened in 1095?

Answer 16

The Crusades started

Question 17

What happened in 1215?

Answer 17

Magna Carta signed

Question 18

What happened in 1348?

Answer 18

Plague hits England

Question 19

First serious poet?

Answer 19

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 20

Two major themes of the Canterbury Tales?

Answer 20

The unfaithful wife & the patient and suffering woman

Question 21

Framework for the Canterbury Tales?

Answer 21

The General Prologue
- a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral (where St. Thomas of Becket was murdered centuries before). By using the pilgrimage, he brought together 3 classes of people and essentially represented all of medieval society (feudal class-related to the land, ecclesiastical order-the medieval church, professionals-merchants & people of the emerging middle class). The Prologue supplies the readers with a guide to the character’s motivation for each tale he or she tells

Question 22

How does Chaucer define his characters?

Answer 22

Defined in terms of their occupation; Chaucer tries to show their best qualities

Question 23

How many tales were there supposed to be and how many were there actually?

Answer 23

There should have been 116 tales, but Chaucer only completed 24

Question 24

What did the Wife of Bath and Old Woman defend?

Answer 24

The old woman defends poverty and low status like the Wife of Bath defends female sexuality

Question 25

What type of story is the Wife of Bath’s tale?

Answer 25

It is a fairy tale type story, where a kiss leads to a grand transformation.
-The tale’s theme is that of the struggle between husband and wife for power in a marriage. The tale’s central concern is feminine issues.

Question 26

Two narratives that are woven into one romantic tale that is Arthurian legend

Answer 26

a mortal challenge and erotic temptation

Question 27

Two major types of ballads

Answer 27

Folk ballad & Literary ballad

Question 28

What type of ballad is “Lord Randall”?

Answer 28

Folk ballad, conversational (or international) ballad between a mother and her son

Question 29

What type of ballad is “Edward, Edward”?

Answer 29

Folk ballad, conversational ballad

Question 30

Four literary forms that were dominant during the Middle Ages

Answer 30

Epic, Romances, Allegories, Ballads

Question 31

List four literary genres from the Canterbury Tales

Answer 31

Romantic adventures, Saint’s biographies, Fabliaux, Fables, Religious Allegories, Moral Tales, Vulgar Sexual Farces

Question 32

List four elements of a romance

Answer 32

a near-perfect hero, a quest, supernatural events, female characters who are maidens/mothers/crones, an evil enemy, a test of the hero, good vs. evil

Question 33

Summarize “Get Up and Bar the Door”

Answer 33

It is Martinmas and a husband and wife are home and about to have a feast. The door needs to be barred. The husband wants the wife to do it. The wife wants the husband to do it. They make a pact that whoever speaks first has to go and lock the door. A home invasion occurs. Two men come in and eat their feast. The husband and wife say nothing because they do not want to lose. The two intruders then decide to cut off the man’s beard and kiss the wife. The man finally responds and asks the intruders if they’re really going to do it. The wife responds that now he has to get up and bar the door.

Question 34

The Friar harasses Thomas for money, but only receives a fart

Answer 34

The Summoner’s Tale

Question 35

The Friar tells a derogatory tale about the summoner

Answer 35

The Friar’s Tale

Question 36

January marries May and May falls in love with Damian

Answer 36

The Merchant’s Tale

Question 37

John’s wife tricks him so she can “date” his roommate

Answer 37

The Miller’s Tale

Question 38

The Parson preaches a sermon on the seven deadly sins

Answer 38

The Parson’s Tale

Question 39

Two soldiers who are cousins fight for Emelye but we don’t know who wins

Answer 39

The Knight’s Tale

Question 40

A murdered boy sings a song to honor Mary before dying

Answer 40

The Prioress’ Tale

Question 41

A man kills his daughter to avoid shame

Answer 41

The Physician’s Tale

Question 42

Chicken is eaten by a fox

Answer 42

The Nun’s Priest’s Tale

Question 43

Arthur’s Wife

Answer 43

Guinevere

Question 44

Who raised Arthur as a child?

Answer 44

Merlin

Question 45

Who is Arthur’s illegitimate child?

Answer 45

Mordred

Question 46

Keeper of the Holy Grail

Answer 46

The Fisher King

Question 47

Arthur’s Half-Sister

Answer 47

Morgan le Fay

Question 48

Who pulled the sword from the stone?

Answer 48

Arthur

Question 49

Arthur’s father

Answer 49

Uther Pendragon

Question 50

Who gave Arthur Excalibur?

Answer 50

Lady of the Lake

Question 51

Who rescues Guinevere from Maleagant?

Answer 51

Lancelot

Question 52

Which knight got the Holy Grail?

Answer 52

Sir Galahad