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1
In
The Canterbury Tales
, the pilgrims are going on a journey to Canterbury. The journey is
the plot
the resolution
a frame narrative
a flashback
2
The Canterbury Tales
is important because
Chaucer wrote it
it gives a picture of typical medieval people and life
it inspired Shakespeare
it was written in Old English
3
Chaucer is an important writer because
he criticized literature
he inspired Martin Luther
he wrote Romeo and Juliet
he wrote in Middle English
4
Which of these characters from the prologue is NOT corrupt?
The Parson
The Nun
The Miller
The Pardoner
5
Vassals give land to their lords in exchange for services.
True
False
6
How did the War of the Roses end?
a Lancaster divorced a York
a York murdered a Lancaster
a York gave up the throne willingly
a Lancaster and York got married
7
King Arthur's son is
Lancelot
Modred
Galahad
Igraine
8
Serfs gained power because the Black Plague caused a labor shortage and they were in demand.
False
True
9
In the "Wife of Bath's Tale" the knight has 3 months to find out what women want.
True
False
10
The printing press helped expand literacy in England.
True
False
11
The "Wife of Bath's Tale" argues
women want men to just go away
women want to be loved and nurtured
women want mastery over their husbands
women want to be treated well
12
"His house was never short of bake-meat pies...it positively snowed with meat and drink."
Friar
Summoner
Franklin
Yeoman
13
The Middle Ages started in what year?
1066
499
1238
1199
14
In Morte d'Arthur, the knight who betrays Arthur three times is
Sir Lancelot
Sir Gawain
Sir Lucan
Sir Bedivere
15
The first, now most prestigious, university in England was
Harvard
Yale
Oxford
Cambridge
16
The system of government in the Medieval period was called
feudalism
vassalry
democracy
constitutional monarchy
17
King Arthur may be based on a Celtic king.
True
False
18
The Miller was loud, obnoxious, and inappropriate.
False
True
19
Who directed the translation of the Bible into Middle English?
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Wycliffe
King Henry II
20
"Whatever money from his friends he took / he spent on learning or another book"
Oxford Cleric
Doctor
Monk
Summoner
21
"The Pardoner's Tale" is told by the Pardoner. This is ____.
ironic because there isn't a Pardoner in the story
ironic because the story isn't funny
ironic because he's greedy
ironic because he isn't a Pardoner
22
"Vernacular" means the common language a culture actually uses.
False
True
23
The Wife of Bath has been married 5 times.
False
True
24
The archbishop killed in Canterbury was
Thomas Black
Thomas Beckett
Thomas Bauer
Thomas Jefferson
25
Arthur's wife
Uther
Igraine
Guinevere
Avalon
26
Paradise
Benson 224
Avalon
Glastonbury
Excalibur
27
The Squire had carbuncles, bad breath and a creepy attitude.
True
False
28
The Miller, the Nun, the Summoner and the Knight are all corrupt.
True
False
29
The King Arthur legend is a blend of fact and fiction.
True
False
30
"Nay rather he preferred beyond a doubt / giving to poor parishioners round about."
Parson
Knight
Squire
Miller
31
This system of government revolves around ownership of land.
False
True
32
Going to ___________became an act of religious devotion for English people.
Canterbury
Cambridge
London
Oxford
33
Arthur gets his sword from
Excalibur
Igraine
The Lady of the Lake
Uther
34
The Yeoman wore a feather in his cap, and bow and arrow and green clothes like Robin Hood.
False
True
35
The Nun is fake and phony.
False
True
36
Anglo-Saxons were replaced/defeated by
Normans
Danes
Jutes
Swedes
