Was Excalibur the sword in the stone?

Maybe, it might have been Excalibur but we're not sure

Chaucer first published his Canterbury Tales

hand-written and disseminated by scribes

In the Marriage Group, the love triangles included

Damian, May, and January, Arveragus, Dorigen, and Aurelius

Title of an Old-English poem we did NOT read

"The most horrible year of my life"

George Kittredge introduced these key ideas to the Canterbury Tales

The Marriage Group, The Dramatic Principle

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1
Who was accused of being a rapist, according to Batt?
Lady with the arrow
Malory
Pellinore
all the above
2
What was an ideal in the Heroic Ideal?
kindness to women
loyalty to their lord
humility
seeking wealth
3
These two pilgrims may be homosexual lovers
Pardoner-Merchant
Summoner-Pardoner
Franklin-Clerk
Parson-Knight
4
Who are Mordred's parents in Malory's version?
Arthur and Morgawse
Arthur and Igrayne
Arthur and Gwenyvere
Arthur and Morgan le Fey
5
All of the following are true about the Pardoner EXCEPT
made people pay to be pardoned
wrote about 3 drunken thieves
was a hypocrit, telling people not to do the things he did
wrote inspirational sermons
6
"Dream of the Rood" is taken from the perspective of
the cross
the wife
the warrior
the husband
7
Loyal thane who helps Beowulf fight the dragon
Wiglaf
Hrothgar
Uther
Wiggins
8
Who printed and edited Malory's text?
Seamus Heaney
William Gutenberg
Thomas Malory
William Caxton
9
Was Excalibur the sword in the stone?
Maybe, it might have been Excalibur but we're not sure
Yes, it was
No, it wasn't
No, Excalibur was the sword from the Lady of the Lake
10
Who killed Arthur?
King Lot
Merlyn
Mordred
Launcelot
11
All of the following are true of the Wife of Bath EXCEPT
was a girl-boss according to several students
was educated about the Bible and the classics
married 5 husbands
wrote an anti-semitic tale
12
Which of these characters DID NOT betray King Arthur?
Luancelot
Gawayne
Mordred
Gwenyvere
13
Character in the 2nd estate
Prioress
Franklin
Knight
Merchant
14
In The Second Shepherd's Play, the lamb represented
all sheep
another child
Jesus
the world
15
Who are Arthur's parents
Tyntagil and Igrayne
Launcelot and Gwenyvere
Uther and Igrayne
Merlyn and Morgan le Fey
16
The Prioress's tale was
a Christian allegory
anti-semitic
a Biblical story
loving
17
Character who proposed to Lancelot
Galihad
Igrayne
Elayne
Guenevere
18
Chaucer first published his Canterbury Tales
hand-written and disseminated by scribes
as an Illuminated Manuscript
on Caxton's first printing press in England
he wrote out all 100 original manuscripts
19
"The Franklin's Tale" is a
Bretan Lay
Arthurian romance
fabliau
satire
20
In the Marriage Group, the love triangles included
Damian, May, and January
Allison, Jakian, and Geoffrey
Arveragus, Dorigen, and Aurelius
January, February, and March
21
Monster whom Beowulf defeats in Part 2
Grendal
Geats
Brendal
dragon
22
Medieval texts for which we do not have the originals
Canterbury Tales
Beowulf
none of the above
Le Morte d'Arthur
23
This character make a Rash Promise
Dorigen
January
The Prioress
Arveragus
24
The two periods we studied in this class
Anglo Saxon & Middle Ages
Elizabethan & Renaissance periods
Victorian & Modern periods
Anglo-Saxon & Old English Periods
25
Title of an Old-English poem we did NOT read
"The Wanderer"
"The most horrible year of my life"
"Bede's Death Song"
"The Woman's Complaint"
26
George Kittredge introduced these key ideas to the Canterbury Tales
The Marriage Group
The Dramatic Principle
Geoffrey the Narrator
The Wife of Bath as sexist
27
Poetic approach NOT found in Old English poetry
litotes
kennings
alliterative verse
couplets
28
Which is true of The Canterbury Tales ?
Geoffrey is our naive narrator
The Host tells a story
The Canterbury Tales is a finished work
Each pilgrim was meant to share two stories total
29
This Canterbury Tales included King Arthur and Queen Guenevere
The Franklin's Tale
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Merchant's Tale
The Prioress's Tale
30
1066 AD is important because
It marked the beginning of the Norman kings who consolated the kingdom
All of the above
It is the year of the Norman Conquest to the British Isles
It brought feudalism, architecture, and cities to the culture
31
These in carols represent Jesus because of thorns and red (blood)
all the above
holly
cherries
roses
32
Who wrote Le Morte d'Arthur ?
J. R. Tolkien
Sir Thomas Malory
An anonymous poet
Geoffrey Chaucer
33
The goddess in the Merchant's Tale was
Proserpyne
Damian
Persephone
Paul
34
The Monk sent by Pope Gregory to bring Christianity to the English isles in 597 AD
Aethelberht
St. Valentine
St. Augustine
St. Nicholas
35
Poet who translated Beowulf for our class's edition
Seamus Heaney
J. R. Tolkien
Jane Chance
Thomas Hill

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