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What is the setting of the wife of baths tale
What is The Wifes Lament about
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What is The Wifes Lament about
None of the above
A woman who is exiled and alone without her husband
A woman who lost her children
A woman who lost her religious views
2
What is the setting of the wife of baths tale
All of the above
Medieval
Transcendentalism
Renaissance
3
Beowulf is the first what in British Literature
Epic Poem
Epic Rhyme
Free-Verse
Narrative
4
What was the academic language used to document history
French
Latin
Spanish
German
5
What is the Pardoners moral to his audience
Fight for what you want in life
Greed is the root of all evil
Do not be a hypocrite
Do not trust others
6
Why does Beowulf sail with his chosen companions
Help Hrothar by slaying Grendel
Take over Higlacs throne
Bring home treasure
Win glory by slaying the dragon
7
When dying Beowulf gives Wiglaf his gold necklace, his gesture means
Recognizes that Wiglaf is superior to him in fighting
Passing on the ruler ship to Wiglaf
He captures the monsters treasure
Wants Wiglaf to kill his comrades
8
What is the issue with the speaker in The Seafarer
Lost wife
Loves and hates the sea
Sick of war
Ship is stranded
9
In The Wife of Baths Tale, who is the king that everyone loved an praised
Henry VI
Charles
Arthur
Midas
10
When the Pardoners Tale opens, what has caused death to stalk the land
Terrible flood
Riot
Greed
Plague outbreak
11
What allusion, biblical, does the pardoner make after telling his story
Seven deadly sins
Noahs arc
Resurrection stroy
Adam and eve
12
What is the purpose of a pilgrimage
Social recognition
Sells relics
Find god and self
Journey to their home villiage
13
What question does the old woman ask the knight after they are married
Why do men want young, wealthy wives instead of older wives
Do you want me to be young,rule our marriage or old obedient
Do you want me to be young and poor or old and wealthy
Do you want me to be young and faithless or old and faithful
14
Which of the below Henrys killed multiple wives and beheading them
Henry the VIII
Henry the VII
Henry the V
Henry the Great
15
What is the main idea of Midas in The Wife of Baths Tale
Some men look like animals
Every man has some horrible secret
Woman cannot keep secrets
Woman do not want ugly men
16
Wiglaf thinks he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because
Will increase Beowulfs victory
Promised to repay Beowulf for his kindness with their lives
Beowulfs people can claim the treasure
Beowulf is too sick to fight
17
How many years after killing Grendel mother is the story about the dragon
30
20
70
50
18
In the Pardoners Tale, how do the rioters treat the old man
With Anger
With rudeness
With flattery
They are not interested in him
19
How much time is the knight given to find what woman truley desire in The Wife of Bath tale?
Wealth and treasure
Self-Same sovereignty
Love
Honor
20
Which of the following best summarizes the theme of Beowulf
Self-reflection is essential to change
Too much hubris can cause a downfall
Bravery will triumph
Brains are better then brawn
21
How many husbands did The Wife of Bath have
2
5
6
4
22
What is the author of the Canterbury Tales first name
Gregory
George
Gary
Geoffrey
23
Who were the last invaders that brought the French language and feudalism with them
Normans
Germans
None of the above
Saxons
24
In the Wanderer, why is the speaker wanderer through life
He is lost at sea
He made bad choices in life, searching for god
He has abandoned his lord and comrades
His heart is lost because of a woman
25
The black plague killed how much of the population in the 14th century
1/3
5/8
1/2
1/4
26
King John was forced to sign which document
Constitution
Bill of Rights
American Flag
Magna Carta
27
Beowulf is also a tale about..
None of the above
Power hungry men
Human struggle
Suffering through hardships
28
With symbolic allegory in the Pardoners Tale, of these qualities might the rioters represent
Old age and death
Courage and Greed
Fame and fortune
Evil and Sin
29
The pardoners does what for a job
Tells stories
Sells relics
Works for the knight
Help poor
30
Which of the time periods is the second in the time line of British Lit
Middle English
Romantic
Post Modern
Old English
31
Beowulf and how many of his men went to help with the Danes
5
14
11
20
32
This elegy spoke of a road to fame and honor
Sea Road
Placeless sea
The Wanderer
Mead Hall
33
For what reason does the Pardoner usually tell The Pardoners Tale
All of the above
Uses exemplum in a sermon to get listeners to part money
He is a poor man who tells stories in hope of earning money
Convinced that greed is evil and gives money to the poor
34
When people buy a pardon or a relic they think they are buying
Pardon from their sins to enter heaven
Pardon from the Frair
Sacrifice to god
Pardon from the king
35
The Canterbury Tales
Reflects human nature in Middle English
All of the above
Are unfinished
Is originally written in Middle English
36
How did the oldest brothers plan to kill their brother
shoots with arrow
Poison
Stab in back
death hangs them
37
Which adjective best describes the nun
Angry
Skinny
Two Faced
Polite
38
Which of the following traits does Beowulf NOT have
Bravery
Loyalty
Humillity
Self-Confidence
39
How many tales were written by Chaucer before he died
36
200
100
24
40
What is a Pilgrimage
Founding a new world
Religious journey
Colony of pilgrims
Trying to convert people to a certain religion
41
Where was the birthplace of printing (books)
England
China
Japan
Spain
42
Chaucer used the pilgrimage primarily as a device to
Frame the stories told by the individual characters
Emphasize the characters religious aspirations
Create a vivid and realistic setting
Describe the rigors of medieval life
43
What is a Yeoman
Attendant to the knight
Scholar who scribes books
Merchant who sells clothes
Slave to a squire
44
With the arrival of who in 597 help to convert the country to Christianity
Germans
King George
Bede
Saint Augustine
45
How does the younger brother try to kill the older brother
poison
Stabs in back
death hangs them
shot by arrow
46
Whay year was the Canterbury Tales published
1498
1477
1246
1476
47
Which is NOT a struggle in Beowulf depicits
Goof v. Evil
Vitality is sapped by age
Women dominate power
Truth and Light
48
How did Beowulf kill Grendel
None of the above
Ripped arm off
Cut his head off
Stabbed him in the heart
49
What does Anglo-Saxon mean
Old testament
Old Person
Old Life
Old English
50
What was the main source of corruption in the Friar
Money
Women
Clothes
Food
51
What was the relation between the islander and the sea
Provided food
Vast-endless adventure
Dangerous-death
Provided protection
52
How can the reader tell that Beowulf is an epic story?
Takes place long ago
People in the story are called Geats and Danes
Hero is a man
Story involves warriors and battles
53
Why did the three brother want to kill death
Death killed their father
Death killed their friend
Death tortured them
Death killed their brother
54
What was England originally named
Angle Land
Angle Hands
Island of Invasion
None of the above
55
When did the Anglo-Saxon invasion begin
435 A.D
500 A.D
200 A.D
449 A.D
56
How was Beowulf and other stories spread to the populace
Many retelling of hero's and adventures
All of the above
Vernacular
Oral
57
How long was England invaded for
Day
Millennium
Decade
Century
58
The old man in The Pardoners Tale could not find what
Love
Death
Life
Treasure
59
What major empire once occupied England
Persian
Prussian
Roman
Ottoman
60
Who suggests that death is a person
Youngest brother
Serving boy
Old man
The priest
61
Midas wife tells who/what about his secret
The Water
The Queen
The Old Woman
The Knight
62
Which fact can the reader infer that Beowulf is honorable and true to his word
Higlacs famous cousin
Vows to destroy Grendel and his mother
Jumps in the lake
Hes the strongest of the Geats
63
Who was a monk that wrote A History of the English Church
Bede
Aristotle
Sophocles
St.Arnold
64
Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization
His mighty mouth was like a furnace door
He was honest worker
He was 20 years of age
Children were afraid when he appeared
65
What was the vernacular language for most common people
Latin
Dutch
German
Middle English
66
Which character is looked at as a positive moral chartacter in the Prologue
Friar
Wife of Bath
The nun
The Knight
67
.... "give account of all their words and dealings." Which type of characterization is this
Indirect
Direct
Observantional
Dramatic
68
Who is the antagonist in Beowulf
The Dragon
Grendel mother
Grendel
All of the above
69
What is social commentary
All of the above
Writing that offers insight in society
Writing that offers insights into customs and religion
Writing that offers insights into values
70
When was the last time England was invaded
1066
1065
1040
1047
