The dates marking the beginning and the end of the Medieval Period
What is 1066- 1485?
100
Author of the Canterbury Tales, father of English poetry and fiction
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
100
A young squire who begs to be knighted.
Who is Griflet?
100
Everyman's destination
What is heaven?
100
This word in French means "to dance".
What is "ballad"?
200
The name of the battle in which the Normans conquered England
What is the Battle of Hastings?
200
The "frame" of the Canterbury Tales
A the narrator meets a group of pilgrims with a common destination ( ) at an inn and decide to journey with them. Members of the group tell stories as the group travels.
200
A symbol of shame that becomes a symbol of honor.
What is the green belt?
200
How Everyman attempts to avoid Death.
What is bribery?
200
A line that is repeated but changed slightly each time
What is "incremental repetition"?
300
This form of land ownership was established in England by
William "the Conqueror"
What is feudalism?
300
This character is mocked for being as "fresh as the month of May".
Who is the squire?
300
In the battle between Pellinore and King Aurthur, he is the stronger of the two.
Who is Pellinore?
300
The condition in which Everyman finds his Good Deeds.
What is weakness and poor health?
300
The three elements of romance as defined by Medieval standards.
What are acts of chivalry, a love interest, and sorcery?
400
This caused the rise of the merchant class in England
What is the wool industry?
400
This is the irony of the Pardoner's Tale.
His story cautions against greed when he is guilty of using his position as a member of the clergy to profit off of country peasants.
400
How Sir Gawain had failed when the Green Knight said " you have failed a little, lost good faith".
What is not having courage in the face of death?
400
The two things Everyman must do to gain entrance to heaven
What is confession and penance?
400
The author, translator, and editor who brought printing to England
Who is William Caxton?
500
The end of this conflict also marks the end of the Middle Ages.
What is the War of the Roses?
500
The three characters that the narrator most admires for living an honest life.
Who are the knight, the plowman, and the parson?
500
The purpose of each of the Green Knight's three "blows" against Sir Gawain
1. To test his courage (expose his weakness)
2. To assure he is truly ready to meet death w/o fear
3. To "take back" his wife's kisses
500
Name five companions who are not willing to follow Everyman to the grave.
Who are Fellowship, Goods, Strength, Discretion, Beauty, Knowledge?
500
The term given to a 1-3 syllable break at the end of a strophe that is followed by a rhyming quatrain.