Middle English Test Flashcards

(41 cards)

1
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Married 5 times

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Wife of bath

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2
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Product of Druid myth

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Green Knight

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3
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Father of English poetry

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Chaucer

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4
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Second most developed character in the Canterbury tales

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Pardoner

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5
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Commissioned the doomsday book

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William the conqueror

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6
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Innkeeper

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Chaucer

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7
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Has a moral code but can’t adhere to it

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Pardoner

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8
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Compared to the old woman

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Wife of bath

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9
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Little or no concern about religious matters

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Pardoner

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10
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Brags about marriages

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Wife of bath

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11
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Spent 20 years in prison

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Sit Thomas Malory

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12
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A near perfect hero

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Sir Gawain

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13
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Had Malory’s work published after his death

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William Caxton

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14
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Never mentions Christianity and his tale

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Pardoner

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15
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Brought feudalism

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William the conqueror

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16
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The most developed character in the prologue

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Wife of bath

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17
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What happened in 1095

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The crusades began

18
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What was signed in 1215

19
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What began in 1348

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The black plague

20
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What was the date the first book was published

21
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What are the two changes the Black Death brought

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Freed the serfs and ended feudalism

22
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First serious poet to write in English

23
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Two major themes of the tales

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Unfaithful wife & impatient and suffering woman

24
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What do we call the framework for the tales

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How did Chaucer most often define characters
By their best qualities
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Chaucer wanted there to be ___ tales but he only completed ___
116; 24
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The wife of bath defends _____
Female sexuality
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The old woman defends _____ and _____
Poverty and low status
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The wife of bath story is like a _____ where a _____ leads to a magical transformation
Fairytale; kiss
30
What are the two distinct narratives woven into Arthurian legends
A mortal challenge and an erotic temptation
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The two major types of ballads
Folk and literary
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What two kinds of ballads does Edward, Edward fall under
International and conversational
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What two kinds of ballads is Lord Randall
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The pardoner's tale is a story about 3 _____ who go looking for _____ after they are told he killed their friend
Hoodlums; death
35
Name 4 literary forms that were dominant
Epics, romances, allegories, and ballads
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Name 4 literary genres present in the Canterbury tales
Fables, religious allegories, moral tales, vulgar sexual farces
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How is the pardoner's tale ironic
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38
Name 4 elements of romance
Near perfect hero, quest, supernatural events, and evil enemy
39
Summarize get up and bar the door
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40
Know three elements of a romantic hero and how they apply to Arthurian legend
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41
Defeated the Anglo Saxon King
William the conqueror