Check all the keyevents which happened in the Middle English Period.

Which of these are true about The Black Death?

Identify the true things about Magna Carta.

In which year was the University of Cambridge formed by the scholars from Oxford who escaped the hostile townsmen?

Who among the following did not rule England during the Middle Ages?

Hundred Years' War was an intermittent struggle between England and France over several disputes including that for the English crown. By convention the war is said to have started with the confiscation of the English-held duchy of Guyenne by French King Philip VI. Identify the period of the Hundred Years War.

Check all the battles among the following which are listed under the Hundred Years' War.

Identify the ruler

- Nicknamed the Hammer of the Scots

- eldest son of Henry III

- showed masterfulness in the disputes with the English barons following the governmental reforms instituted by the Provisions of Oxford (1258)

- Reigned from 1272- 1307

What was the original title of The Canterbury Tales as written in the woodcut from William Caxton's second edition printed in 1483?

In whose tale of The Canterbury Tales do these famous lines come?:

"Poverty often, when a man is low,

Makes him his God and even himself to know.

And poverty's an eye-glass, seems to me,

Through which a man his loyal friends may see."

Which dialect of Middle English did Chaucer choose for his The Canterbury Tales?

Who is the first English monarch to deliver a speech in English at his coronation in 1399?

Which among the following is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem written in un-rhymed, alliterative verse divided into sections called passus (Latin for "step") containing the first known reference to a literary tradition of Robin Hood tales and featuring the characters Will and Lady Mede?

The War of the Roses (1455- 1485) is named after the two houses belonging to The House of Plantagenet, whose symbols are a red rose and a white rose. Which were the houses?

What impact did The Canterbury Tales have on the development of the English language?

The official language of the court, in the Parliament, law courts and schools during the Middle English Period was

When did the ME period finish?

When did French get

completely eradicated in English Parliament?

From the list, choose those ones that are characteristics of ME period.

In Middle English, what did the two consecutive vowels show?

This book was crucial in William, the Conquerer's rule of England. The book was the end result of a survey of all of England by William to assess the value of the country. It took his two sets of officials a year to complete. The first group asked questions of the people. The questions concerned the value of farms and animals which created England’s wealth at the time. The second group checked the first group’s answers to see if they had told the truth. The book is still in existence today.

What was the name of the book?

Identify the work

- twelfth century work of biblical exegesis

-famous for its unique phonetic orthography

- invaluable to philologists and historical linguists in tracing the development of the language

- idiosyncratic spelling system which spell words exactly as they are pronounced. Vowel length and value are indicated unambiguously.

- They/their are the words which came from this work.

Which were the main domains of French?

Middle English is considered a dark age, ___.

When did the importance of French start to decline?

Why was French maintained?

Why is the thirteenth century the period with the greatest influx of words?

What type of French was spoken in England?

Why was the use of French imperfect?

The Hundred Years War brought about...

During The Peasant's Revolt

What helped English to survive during and after Middle English when compared with Celtic?

Which literary work was not written in Middle English

The lowest group in the feudal system.

Which TWO sentences represent the life of a serf?

What is the theme of romances?

Social and Political system of the middle ages was called ___.

A code of ethics all knights were expected to follow was called ____

Which Church official was the highest authority in the Church?

The Pope became more _______ during this time

Which group was the highest in the social hierarchy?

Which group was the second highest in the social hierarchy?

Land ruled by the Pope was called...

Which among the following is the earliest example in Middle English of a literary form known as debate poetry (or verse contest), written around twelfth or thirteen century?

Identify the work

- Arthurian tale

- its plot combining two types of folk motifs, the beheading game and the exchange of winnings.

- Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and wheel

- it draws on Welsh, Irish and English stories, as well as the French chivalric tradition.

Which type of poetry was predominant in the Middle English Period?

Which work, otherwise known as 'The Chronicle of Britain' deals with the historiography of Britain in the form of a poem?

The Crusades resulted in all of the following EXCEPT...

The main religion in Europe during the

Middle Ages was

Which of these battles was won by William, the Duke of Normandy?

Check all the common sources for Ballads.

Another name for a king or queen.

Which of the following can be viewed as an example of chivalrous behavior?

Which of the following is true about the Magna Carta?

What is that form of government led by a king or queen where one leader passes down power to their offspring called?

What made the cities grow in the later part of the Middle Ages?

What is a fief?

This term is given by 20th-century scholars to a loose corpus of Medieval literature that in general deals with the locations, characters and themes concerning England, English history, or English cultural mores.

Identify the work.

- the second oldest surviving romance written in English, after King Horn.

- a poem notable for its interest in law and legal practice and its exploration of ideal kingship, as well as for its detailed depiction of working-class life in 13th-century Lincolnshire

- called a 'bourgeois' romance because of the high value placed on hard work, virtuous behaviour, and proverbial wisdom.

- part of 'Matter of England'.

Identify the correct transformations from Old English to Middle English.

Identify the features of Middle English Literature. Check all the right ones.