Old English Poetry
Middle England
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
Miscellaneous
100
This was commonly used in Old English Poetry; it is when multiple words start with the same consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
100
This class of people began to emerge for the first time during the Middle Ages.
What is the middle or working class?
100
This is how Beowulf kills the Grendel.
What is dismembering? (Arms ripped off)
100
This is where the pilgrim's were travelling.
What is Canterbury?
100
This was the first book ever published in English.
What is The Canterbury Tales?
200
This was the purpose of most Old English literature.
What is didacticism? (teaching)
200
This weapon was newly invented in the Middle Ages and was often used by the yeomen.
What is a longbow?
200
The Grendel is descended from this Bible character.
Who is Cain?
200
This person suggested the storytelling competition.
Who is the Host/innkeeper?
200
The language that old English was based on.
What is German?
300
Common in Old English poetry, this happens when a sentence is split in two by a line break.
What is a caesura?
300
England was almost constantly at war with this country during the Middle Ages.
What is France?
300
The Danes are assaulted by Grendel because of this sin.
What is greed?
300
This is the moral of the Nun's Priest's Tale.
What is "Never trust a flatterer/woman" ?
300
This is what Chaucer attempted to accomplish by writing The Canterbury Tales.
What is showing lives of everyday people/hypocrisy of the church?
400
This is an example of a kenning.
Mrs. Schultz's choice.
400
This class of people had the most power.
What is the clergy/church?
400
DAILY DOUBLE! This is the main theme of Beowulf.
What is "The continuance of civilization requires virtuous heroes"?
400
According to the Wife of Bath, this is what women most desire.
What is sovereignty over their husbands?
400
This is a long stylized poem telling the deeds of a national hero.
What is an epic?
500
This has replaced the epic in modern culture.
What is a novel?
500
This class of people had the least amount of power in the Middle Ages.
What are peasants?
500
This is the genre form Beowulf is written in.
What is an epic poem?
500
In The Knight's Tale, this character married Emelye.
Who is Palamon?
500
This is a school of thought that the epic is mostly based on.
What is idealism?
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