Medieval Review

Medieval Review

​In the medieval period, very few people could read, so when they made up stories, they spoke them and used patterns that made them easy to memorize and share with others.

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Literature was not written at first

Knights were being killed by the nasty marsh monster and Herot was becoming a ghost town. They needed a hero.

​Hrothgar

Using a place the listener had heard of but never been to made it seem like the story could be true.

​Denmark

Beowulf was not from England

Multiple Choice

Who was the king who needed Beowulf's help?

• Higlac

• Herot

• Hrothgar

• Grendel

Multiple Choice

Who was Beowulf's king (back in his homeland)?

• Higlac

• Hrothgar

• Geat

• Herot

Multiple Choice

Where was Beowulf from?

• Higlac

• Herot

• Geat

• Denmark

Multiple Choice

This tells of a husband and wife playing the quiet game so well they end up getting robbed:

• Twa Corbies

• Lord Randall

• Get up and Bar the Door

• The Passionate Shepherd to his Love

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

​Pilgrims on the way to St. Thomas's Cathedral

All kinds of people, from the aristocratic (knight) and clergy (nun's priest) to the poorest (plowman), traveled to holy sites. It was as close to vacation as you could get. As they traveled they told stories.

Multiple Choice

Had all the best horses, hunted, and Chaucer did NOT approve of him:

• challenger

• summoner

• pardoner

• monk

Multiple Choice

A person who makes and sells men's clothes:

• Yeoman

• Pardoner

• Miller

• Haberdasher

Multiple Choice

A student who (like Chaucer) borrowed money to buy books:

• monk

• Oxford cleric

• prioress

• squire

Multiple Choice

He ground wheat and loved a rowdy story:

• miller

• haberdasher

• yeoman

• summoner

Multiple Choice

He was such a good minister he gave away almost everything to benefit his congregation:

• parson

• prioress

• monk

• nun's priest

Multiple Choice

He thought of the storytelling contest:

• Oxford cleric

• knight

• host AKA Harry Bailey

• Chaucer

Multiple Choice

He was the captain of the boat and had a good tan:

• squire

• yeoman

• skipper

• merchant

Multiple Choice

He was a weapons specialist who worked for the knight:

• Miller

• Yeoman

• Squire

• Haberdasher

Multiple Choice

He sold "get out of Hell free" cards and told a story of the danger of greed:

• summoner

• pardoner

• monk

• parson

Multiple Choice

Pastor for the women of the convent:

• Prioress

• Pastor

• Nun's priest

• Haberdasher

With very few people able to read and very little entertainment available, traveling plays that warned people of the consequences of a sinful life were popular.

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Everyman

Multiple Choice

Who introduced the play?

• Death

• God

• Messenger

• Narrator

Multiple Choice

Who summons Death?

• messenger

• narrator

• God

• ringmaster

Multiple Choice

What is Death's assignment?

• to give an account of Everyman's life

• to bring Everyman to God to give an account of his life

• to bring Fellowship and Good Deeds to give an account

• to explain why men everywhere sin

Multiple Choice

What is Everyman's reaction to the appearance of Death?

• he is surprised

• he asks for more time

• he offers Death a bribe

• he asks for his mother

Multiple Choice

What is Fellowship's initial reaction to Everyman?

• I'll do anything for you

• who are you

• thou hast left home and family for me

• wherefore art thou sad?

An island has many influences--the Romans, the Britons, the Saxons, the Celts, and more put their imprint on what would become England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

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​Ancient British Isles

Multiple Choice

What groups influenced British Literature?

• Britons, Saxons, Celts, Romans

• Germans, Russians, Columbians

• No one because it was an isolated island

• All of these

Multiple Choice

What happened to the Britons?

• they were taken over by warlike monks who arrived from Rome

• they were absorbed by the Saxons

• They sailed to Brittany in France

• they were driven to the perimeter of Great Britain

Multiple Choice

Poetry that tells a story of a great conqueror is called:

• elegiac

• epic

• heroic

• ballad

Multiple Choice

Poetry that laments the loss of a person:

• elegiac

• epic

• heroic

• ballad

Multiple Choice

Narrative that was intended to be sung:

• Elegy

• Epic

• heroic

• ballad

The way we use words changes over time. In this class a word that changes a lot is romance. When we first hear it in British Literature it means a story that celebrates adventure.

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​Romance

Multiple Choice

A story that celebrates adventure is called:

• comedy

• mystery

• romance

• horror

Multiple Choice

When you take a lightweight story and tell it in a profound way it's called:

• comedy

• mock heroic

• romance

• elegy

Multiple Choice

a long narrative poem (or story) is called:

• elegiac

• epic

• heroic

• ballad

Multiple Choice

This ballad tells the story of a young man who dies for love of a girl he once slighted. She feels so bad for him she dies too.

• Margaret Poston

• Twa Corbies

• Barbara Allan

• Fair Rosamund

Match

Match the following:

• In driblets fell his locks behind his head

• Who had a fire-red cherubinnish face

• Her way of smiling very simple and coy

• Then crew he so it might not be amended

• Courteous she was, discreet and debonnaire

Pardoner

Summoner

Prioress

Chanticleer

Pertelote

• Pardoner

• Summoner

• Prioress

• Chanticleer

• Pertelote