Beowulf
Beowulf reflects life as lived in these centuries and in this country.
What is 7th or 8th Century England?
A professional poet in a tribe during Anglo-Saxon times.
What is a scop or druid?
The social system in Medieval England.
What is feudalism?
The moral of The Pardoner's Tale?
What is greed is the root of all evil?
The man who sets sail because his king asks him to
Who is Sir Patrick Spens?
The number of men Beowulf arrived to Denmark with.
What is 14?
What is Rome?
What is the Battle of Hastings?
The youngest pilgrim who slept very little at night
Who is the squire?
She was cruel to Sir John because he slighted her.
Who is Barbara Allan?
Grendel cannot be injured by weapons because of this.
What is Grendel enchanted / bewitched their weapons?
The three tribal peoples living in England during the Anglo-Saxon period?
Who are the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes?
A series of plagues that killed thousands of people
What is the Black Death?
This pilgrim could not stand cruelty to animals.
Who is the Prioress?
The lady of the lake gifts King Arthur with this.
What is Excalibur?
Beowulf kills Grendel in this way.
What is ripping his arm off after a surprise attack?
What is a kenning?
Trying to earn favor with the church
What is a pilgrimmage?
What the rioters plan to do in The Pardoner's Tale?
What is slay Death?
The young squire in Le Morte Darthur?
Who is Griflet?
What is Geatland?
Capitalizing the word Death in a poem such as "The Seafarer" is an example of this literary device.
What is personification?
The language Chaucer both spoke and wrote in with The Canterbury Tales.
What is middle English?
The number of tales each pilgrim would tell?
The motivation behind Arthur challenging Pellinore?
What is deep anger?