British Literature test 2

Which of the following works is not one of the great masterpieces of Middle English poetry?

use of dialogue, description, or action to reveal a character to the reader

a tale that treats a trivial subject in heroic terms

The original plan for the Canterbury tales projected about how many stories?

The oldest known poem written in Old English is "The Cuckoo Song"

the author's use of explicit statements to tell the reader about a character

Chaucer's tone toward characters in Canterbury is easy to discern

a brief, fanciful tale in which animals act like humans and embodies a moral

Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale alludes to both biblical and classical narratives

the attitude an author has toward his subject that readers are meant to share

The main goal of satire is to ridicule a person group or idea so that it is publicly demeaned

Chaucer was a middle class yet represented the king in France and Italy

the imitation of an author's style for comic effect

The character of Chanticleer parodies knights in medieval romances

The overall tone in Nun's Priest's Tale is unbiblical

The two great works of this time were Piers Plowman and Canterbury

Of the following, which is not an accurate set of companions?

According to "The Nun's Priest's Tale," what ultimately keeps the fox from stealing Chanticleer?

descriptions based on sense perceptions using figurative language to convey those perceptions

Chaucer's description of the Prioress that "she was... by no means undergrown" indicates what about her?

Chaucer's aims were literary as well as moral

Who is known as the Father of English poetry?

Satire during this time was concerned with secular issues but was not written critiquing the church

Most surviving medieval plays were written by __ and for __

the ridiculing of a person, group, or idea in order to provoke correct change is called

Many medieval dramas were put on by whole communities

Only the clergy receive ridicule in Chaucer's Canterbury

In the Canterbury tales, Chaucer's use of a pilgrimage was appropriate for all of the following reasons except that

Which of the following is not a type of medieval drama?

a situation in which a speaker means something other than what he says

In what two primary ways did medieval English literature engage with society?

a type of broad, highly exaggerated comedy

Chaucer's presentation of human society in The Canterbury Tales is set against what backdrop in the first forty lines

In what season of the year does "The Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales begin?

a frame tale provides structure to smaller narratives within the larger narrative

With elements of nature and courtly love, the Nun's Priest's Tale is comparable to a romance

The fox is comparable to Adam in the creation story featured in Genesis.

The presentation of women in the Nun's Priest's Tale is not positive

the telling of an allegorical story representing a spiritual theme or truth