The Middle Ages and The Canterbury Tales Unit Test Review

Chaucer provides a few well-chosen ____ that make each character stand out vividly.

Who is "The holy blissful martyr" that the pilgrims are going to pray to?

How do the last two rioters in the story die?

_____ pilgrims meet in _____ to go on a pilgrimage to _____.

The Middle Ages period began in

honoring God, women, and fair combat

The first part of The Canterbury Tales is known as

A story in which the characters, setting and events stand for abstract or moral concepts is

a roof made of a hay like substance

After they abandon their search for Death, the men murder one another. This is an example of

Courtliness is

Chaucer composed his work in the _____ spoken in London and the East Midlands.

He fought in wars spanning forty years; he fought in the crusades.

The Magna Carta was the first document that limited the King's power; King John signed it in

It is ironic that the Pardoner preaches against avarice because he is

The pilgrims meet at

The story about Midas's wife shows that the narrator

Someone personable is

One moral in this exemplum addresses the problem of greed. What is another lesson?

Chaucer did all of the following except

An entreaty is a

Which type of tale ridicules heroic characters?

What do the stories about Death that the tavern-knave and the publican tell suggest?

Which type of tale is an inspiring tale of martyrdom?

The Canterbury Tales creates a snapshot of

How many tales did Chaucer actually complete?

This military unit basically ended the age of the knights, and they revolutionized fighting during the Middle Ages.

The knight shows that he has learned what women want most when he

What does the knight tell the queen that women want?

___was the Archbishop of Canterbury; ___became annoyed with him and said, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"

You would most likely predict that the three rioters will meet death because

The old man is being truthful when he tells the rioters that he left Death "Under a tree" as

Unlike his father, this pilgrim wears fine clothes, follows courtly love and writes poetry.

The heroic adventures of knights and magical quests were the foundation of the popular _____ lit. of the Middle Ages.

What best describes the overall theme of the Wife of Bath's tale?

the site of the Hundred Years' War

After the rioters' rude greeting, the old man

The Decameron is

Which of the following is an example of direct characterization?

limited by the Magna Carta, along with imprisonment

A _____ is a device that binds together several different narratives, a story within a story.

The Middle Ages period ended in

This pilgrim is an accomplished weaver, has been married five times, and has gap teeth.

Chaucer was the first to use this in a major literary work.

What problem does the knight encounter on his quest to answer the queen?

The Prologue takes place on the eve of the pilgrimage as the characters first encounter each other at

Who is the judge of the pilgrims' tales on the pilgrimage?

William I commissioned the _____ in order to know what taxes were owed to the king; it was written in Latin.

He doesn't follow the rules for his order; he races greyhounds.

Which type of tale is a tale of knights, love, and adventure?

This pilgrim treats animals better than people and pretends to speak French.

He ministers to all, not just the wealthy; he leads by example; he has compassion for sinners.

at the top of the feudal system

In "The Pardoner's Tale," Death is portrayed as --

Chaucer is often called

The Wife of Bath's philosophy of marriage shows that she

What does malady mean?

This pilgrim is the Parson's brother; he is hardworking, pious, and devoted to helping others.

Chaucer's original text of The Canterbury Tales was written in

Which type of tale ridicules narratives of love and adventure?

How many tales were the pilgrims supposed to originally tell each?

Which type of tale is a tale of animals with human qualities that teaches a moral?

In "The Pardoner's Tale," what do the three rioters originally go looking for?

The pilgrims agree to tell tales during the journey to

Which type of tale is a tale which illustrates a moral lesson?

According to the old woman in "The Wife of Bath's Tale," what women really want is

The Canterbury Tales is set in

Which type of tale is a tale of a clever, cheating spouse?

The Pardoner's pious story reveals his

The Knight is going on the pilgrimage in order to

Which statement most accurately reflects the old woman's words and actions before she changes?

a baron's land grant from the king

This pilgrim has "bulging eyeballs," "hair as yellow as wax"; he sells fake relics.

When the old woman speaks about the importance of noble birth she says that

The Medieval Narrative was influenced by

doing this supposedly made a person sick, like a bad oder

What idea does the Pardoner appeal to at the end of the tale to try to sell absolutions?

Chaucer is known for his use of direct and indirect

The Canterbury Tales uses _____ in which the characters tell their tales.

How does the Pardoner keep up his extravagant lifestyle?

__________ is the landowning system where no one actually owned the land independently but owed allegiance to the king.

What reason does the knight first give for being unable to marry the old woman?

Old English changed to Middle English in

Which word describes how the rioters treat the old man they meet?

The old woman makes an eloquent philosophical argument about

To accrue is to

He begs money from poor widows and settles disputes for a fee; he gives gifts to girls.

The pilgrims are traveling to Canterbury because

castle, land, church of a Lord

He is the landlord of the Tabbard; his name is Harry Bailey.

Sedately means

ecomonic structure of the Middle Ages

a nonsexual love that involved a knight and a lady

William of Normandy defeats Harold at the Battle of Hastings on October 14,

four bodily fluids based on the elements (Yellow Bile, Black Bile, Blood, Phlegm)

Texts that combine entertainment travel adventures with morally instructive religious stories