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Middle Ages

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?
a)
Christianity
b)
Feudalism
c)
Shinto
d)
Chivalry
2.
Which answer choice shows the order of Feudal Society from highest to lowest?
a)
peasants, knights, nobles, king
b)
king, nobles, knights, peasants
c)
knights, king, peasants, serfs
d)
merchants, knights, commoners, serfs
3.
What is the name for the large estate of land a knight lived on?
a)
castle
b)
manor
c)
chivalry
d)
land
4.
Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor?
a)
knights
b)
peasants
c)
merchants
d)
nobles
5.

A nobleman who was trained as a warrior and lived their live according to a code of chivalry

a)

Samurai

b)

Navy

c)

Vassal

d)

Knight

6.

Code of conduct which a knight swore to uphold

a)

Ethics

b)

Semper Fi

c)

Chivalry

d)

Tithe

7.

Event where knights would ride towards each other with blunted lances (long poles) in attempt to knock each other off of their horse

a)

Joust

b)

Chivalry

c)

Squire

d)

Page

8.

What’s a castle?

a)

It is the large, splendid home of a rich, important person.

b)

It is a strengthened military stronghold. (redoubt)

c)

It is a large, fortified building that is also the home of a king, lord, or other important person.

9.

An extreme shortage of food is called a ___________________.

a)

drought

b)

plague

c)

famine

d)

natural disaster

10.

What type of figurative language is this?

"His father was a giant of a man" ('Taggot, the Blacksmith's Daughter')

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

11.

What type of figurative language is this?

"The shriek like hawks all day long" ('Barbary, the Mudslinger')

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

12.

What type of figurative language is this?

"The prettiest dress I ever saw" ('Barbary, the Mudslinger')

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Idiom

13.

What type of figurative language is this?

"The sight of the wound, would sicken your stomach and soften your heart" ('Giles, the Beggar')

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Alliteration

14.

What type of figurative language is this?

"I may live fifty years and not see him again" (Taggot, the Blacksmith's Daughter')

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Idiom

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

15.

"His eyes were dark as rivers" ('Taggot, the Blacksmith's Daughter) is an example of a?

(a)  

16.

What type of figurative language is this?

"The green leaves swam in the sky" ('Hugo, the Lord's Nephew')

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

17.

"Her veil was snow white" ('Barbary, the Mudslinger') is an example of a?

(a)