midterm

Question 1

M.E. invasion and year

Answer 1

Norman and 1066

Question 2

M.E. two languages that form Middle English

Answer 2

Old English and French

Question 3

M.E. father of middle english

Answer 3

Chaucer

Question 4

M.E.Geoffrey Chaucer’s writing style

Answer 4

Realism

Question 5

Who hunted

Answer 5

monk

Question 6

Knew innkeepers and barmaids

Answer 6

friar

Question 7

illiterate but smarter than his bosses

Answer 7

manciple

Question 8

old and choleric

Answer 8

reeve

Question 9

wore all green to blend with woods

Answer 9

yeoman

Question 10

garland on his head

Answer 10

summoner

Question 11

rich in holy thought

Answer 11

parson

Question 12

honest worker

Answer 12

plowman

Question 13

spoke french and wore love conquers all broach

Answer 13

nun

Question 14

sewed relics in his cap and sold relics

Answer 14

pardoner

Question 15

judged the contest/burgess of the Inn

Answer 15

host

Question 16

wore a flemish beaver hat and concealed his identity

Answer 16

merchant

Question 17

loved gold more than health

Answer 17

doctor

Question 18

ulcer on his knee while serving food

Answer 18

cook

Question 19

lived for pleasure/ loved to provide feasts for friends

Answer 19

franklin

Question 20

stole wine from traders

Answer 20

skipper

Question 21

carried silver knives and had wives who felt privileged

Answer 21

guildsmen

Question 22

stole grain with his thumb

Answer 22

miller

Question 23

gave love advice

Answer 23

wife of bath

Question 24

only read and cared about learning and books

Answer 24

oxford cleric

Question 25

engaged in 15 battles

Answer 25

knight

Question 26

lad of fire/fancy dresser/loved hotly until dawn

Answer 26

squire

Question 27

gap teeth set widely/chatted a lot/had 5 husbands

Answer 27

wife of bath

Question 28

town where they are going

Answer 28

canterbury

Question 29

how many pilgrims

Answer 29

29

Question 30

time of year

Answer 30

spring

Question 31

why travel this time of year

Answer 31

better weather

Question 32

how many stories will each pilgrim tell

Answer 32

4

Question 33

who is telling the first story

Answer 33

person who draws shortest straw

Question 34

who judges the stories

Answer 34

host

Question 35

reward for best story

Answer 35

dinner

Question 36

two qualities considered for judging the stories

Answer 36

lesson and entertainment

Question 37

literary techniques

Answer 37

if gold rusts what will iron do-metaphor | parson and people of the church

Question 38

PT-Exemplum

Answer 38

story teaches lesson

Question 39

PT-Allegory

Answer 39

literal and symbolic story

Question 40

PT-Privy thief

Answer 40

death

Question 41

PT-Avarice

Answer 41

greed

Question 42

PT-Irony

Answer 42

search for death and die

Question 43

PT-Theme

Answer 43

greed is the root of all evil

Question 44

WoB-frame story

Answer 44

story within a story

Question 45

WoB-question the knight must answer

Answer 45

what do women most desire

Question 46

WoB-irony

Answer 46

knight takes power away but needs women to save life

Question 47

WoB-old women's request

Answer 47

marry her

Question 48

WoB-knights complaints about the old woman

Answer 48

poor, old, and gentile

Question 49

WoB-knights fate

Answer 49

ends up with beautiful, faithful wife

Question 50

WoB-theme

Answer 50

equality

Question 51

WoB-midas story

Answer 51

women cant keep secrets

Question 52

Pallor

Answer 52

pale-lack of color

Question 53

Hoary

Answer 53

white with age

Question 54

Deftly

Answer 54

skillful

Question 55

Tarry

Answer 55

linger

Question 56

sauntered

Answer 56

unhurried

Question 57

implored

Answer 57

begging

Question 58

rebuke

Answer 58

criticize

Question 59

comptemptuous

Answer 59

scornful

Question 60

esteemed

Answer 60

highly respected