Midterm Practice

incongruity between expectation and reality

The knight showed amazing ___________ in battle

The use of humor in satire helps the author avoid moralizing or preaching which makes the audience more receptive

audience has to deduce the characteristics of a character by observing his/her thoughts and actions

The 29 pilgrims are on the way to Canterbury to pay ________ to St. Thomas a Becket

The three rioters in The Pardoner's Tale are the opposite of _______.

Thoms a Becket was _______ for adhering to his religious beliefs rather than giving in to the demands of the king.

The description of the Cook's open sores was meant to _________ the reader's disgust

Juvenalian satire is more tolerant and light-hearted than Horation

figure of speech that employs understatement by using double negatives

idea or feeling that a word evokes

During the Middle Ages, the belief that nobility did not make a person good and virtuous were considered radical.

The teacher made Quentin give his phone as ____________ before allowing him to borrow a graphing calculator

Chaucer is considered the most readable and relatable of all Medieval English poets

An attitude of the writer towards a subject conveyed through diction

technique employed by writers to expose and criticize

The Pardoner tells the pilgrims that he offers people ________ for their sins

The Clerk had a natural ________ for books and learning, which is why he lives and studies at Oxford

two or more ideas/images/characters/places are placed side-by-side to develop or highlight comparison and contrasts

Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales as a social commentary and criticism of the noble and religious classes

Chaucer served under three rulers and became incredibly wealthy and powerful

The Clerk lives a very __________ existence because he spends all his money on books rather than on material goods

The structure of the guilds was democratic not hierarchical

Chaucer is called the father of English Poetry because he was the first to write in __________

choice of words and phrases in speech or writing

The middle class was created by and flourished because of the guild system throughout Europe during the Middle Ages

All members of the clergy should be ________ but several are described as wanton

a brief and indirect reference to something of historical, literary, cultural, or political significance

The Pardoner's Tale is meant as a warning against the "curse of _________" which is one of the seven deadly sins

The Bubonic Plague did not have that much of an impact on economic, social, and political conditions of Chaucer's world

A common theme amongst members of the _______ is that their behavior contradict their roles within the church

In The Wife of Bath's Tale, the knight learns only those free of _______ and bad manners are truly noble and virtuous

In The Wife of Bath's Tale, King Arthur _____________ the knight to death for assaulting a maiden

Guilds were formed for the mutual aid and to further the business interests of a group of merchants and craftsmen

The narrator ____________ the Pardoner for scamming innocent people by selling them fake relics.

Of all the clergy, the Parson is the only one who is truly _____________

An apprentice lived with and work for a master craftsman for a period of time to learn the master's trade

Effective satire is always destructive and rarely constructive

There is a fine line between effective satire and an offensive attack.

The Canterbury Tales is an example of _____________ which is a unifying tale in which one or more related stories appear