History CT Prologue

Pardoner’s Tale

Wife of Bath’s Tale Sir Gawain

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Question 1 - 10

• What date marks the end of the Anglo-Saxon period and beginning of the Medieval period?

Answer 1 – 10

• 1066

Question 1 - 20

• Between 1346 and 1349, 1/3 of the English people died as a result of what?

Answer 1 – 20

• The Black Death

Question 1 - 30

• A complicated system of land control under which land is held and managed by Lords to provide for the King’s needs is called what?

Answer 1 – 30

• Feudalism

Question 1 - 40

• A system of inheritance whereby the first-born son would receive the land was known as what?

Answer 1 – 40

• Primogeniture

Question 1 - 50

• The basis for representative government in England was what document, signed in 1215?

Answer 1 – 50

• Magna Carta

Question 2 - 10

• How many total tales will each Pilgrim tell on the journey to Canterbury?

Answer 2 – 10

• 4

Question 2 - 20

• What is the general structure of the Canterbury Tales which embeds many stories within one story?

Answer 2 – 20

• Frame story

Question 2 - 30

• What literary technique is used below?• “And full of freshest flowers”

Answer 2 – 30

• Alliteration

Question 2 - 40

• What type of characterization does Chaucer use to describe the Pilgrims in a roundabout way, instead of being to the point?

Answer 2 – 40

• Indirect characterization

Question 2 - 50

• Which Pilgrim will help people by listening to their confessions only when he could make money by doing it?

Answer 2 – 50

• The Friar

Question 3 - 10

• What is the term for a short story with a moral or lesson?

Answer 3 – 10

• Exemplum

Question 3 - 20

• What is the allegory that the Pardoner teaches?

Answer 3 – 20

• Love of money is the root of all evil.

Question 3 - 30

• What does the old man represent?

Answer 3 – 30

• Death

Question 3 - 40

• What does the youngest of the three rioters go in search of in town so he can have all the treasure for himself?

Answer 3 – 40

• Poison

Question 3 - 50

• What most likely killed the friend of the rioters?

Answer 3 – 50

• Plague or black death

Question 4 - 10

• During whose reign is the story set?

Answer 4 – 10

• King Arthur

Question 4 - 20

• How long does the knight have to figure out his answer for the Queen?

Answer 4 – 20

• A year and a day

Question 4 - 30

• What is it that women most desire?

Answer 4 – 30

• Sovereignty over their husbands

Question 4 - 40

• What happens to the women dancing in the forest when the knight gets closer?

Answer 4 – 40

• They disappear

Question 4 - 50

• What happened to the old woman after the knight let her make the decision?

Answer 4 – 50

• She became young and beautiful and will also be a devoted wife.

Question 5 - 10

• Who is Sir Gawain’s uncle?

Answer 5 – 10

• King Arthur

Question 5 - 20

• What motivates Sir Gawain to seek out the Green Knight a year and a day after their first meeting?

Answer 5 – 20

• Honor

Question 5 - 30

• Sir Gawain is a knight of the…?

Answer 5 – 30

• Round Table

Question 5 - 40

• What item does Sir Gawain accept from the Green Knight’s wife?

Answer 5 – 40

• A sash or girdle

Question 5 - 50

• How many times does the Green Knight slash at Sir Gawain’s neck?

Answer 5 – 50

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