History
Literary Terms
Canterbury Tales
Ballads
Grab Bag
100
Person who defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066
Who is William the Conqueror
100
When someone says one thing but means another
What is verbal irony
100
The "father of English poetry" who also wrote The Canterbury Tales
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer
100
A stanza with only four lines
What is a quatrain
100
In The Canterbury Tales, the Knight was most likely a part of which social class?
What is nobility
200
Person who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral and is now considered a martyr.
Who is St. Thomas a Becket
200
When the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony
200
In The Wife of Bath’s Tale, what question did the knight have to answer in order to save his own life?
What do women want?
200
Repeated word or phrase in a poem
What is a refrain
200
The old lady in The Wife of Bath’s Tale gives the answer to the knight, ONLY if he will do something for her. What does she ask him to do?
Marry her
300
Terrible disease that killed over 1/3 of England’s population in the Middle Ages.
What is The Black Plague
300
The use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to expose or make fun of a certain group of people or situation.
What is satire
300
What is personified in The Pardoner’s Tale?
Death
300
Conversational text usually set off by quotation marks
What is dialogue
300
In Le Morte d’Arthur, a battle breaks out accidentally between Arthur’s troops and Mordred’s troops. What initially causes the battle?
A knight draws his sword in order to kill a snake. The other knights misinterpret this as an invitation to fight, and a battle breaks out.
400
Book that helped William the Conqueror inventory almost every piece of property in England.
What is The Domesday Book
400
Consider these lines from the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales regarding The Wife of Bath: “Her hose were of the finest scarlet red And gartered right; her shoes were soft and new. Bold was her face, handsome, and red in hue” (lines 466-468). This is an example of which type of characterization?
What is indirect characterization
400
In The Canterbury Tales, what does the Host suggest the pilgrims do on the way to Canterbury to pass the time?
Have a story telling competition
400
In “Get Up and Bar the Door,” an old couple is arguing about ____________________
who is going to "bar" or lock the door.
400
In Le Morte d Arthur, give an example of something supernatural that happens.
Hand coming out of the ocean to grab Excalibur King Arthur's vivid dream
500
System of exchange of property for personal service
What is feudalism
500
Give an example of situational irony in Le Morte d'Arthur.
The story ends with all three rioters being killed and none of them getting the gold found under the tree.
500
Consider these lines from the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales regarding the Plowman: “He was an honest worker, good and true/ Living in peace and perfect charity” (lines 540-541). This is an example of which type of characterization.
Direct Characterization
500
In “Lord Randall”, what happens to Lord Randall?
He is poisoned by his true love.
500
What are the four parts of the Code of Chivalry?
How to treat ladies How to treat others Service to God, King, and Lord Resisting the urge to run away if captured
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