Egil's Saga
What is Egil's patronym?
Skallagrim
Where was Beowulf likely written and when?
In England between 700 and 1000
According to the scholar VL Weiss, what was Gawain's first failure?
Misunderstanding the rules of the game and beheading the Green Knight
When was The Canterbury Tales written?
The late 1300's
What is ring-giving
The process by which lords build allegiances and gain loyalty
Why does Iceland get colonized during the course of the history of Egil's saga?
To flee the tyranny of the Norwegian king Harald?
What tribe is Beowulf from?
The Geats
Name 3 of the five virtues represented on Gawain's shield
Faultless five senses
Faultless in his five fingers
Five wounds of Christ
Five joys of Mary
Five Knightly Virtues (Generosity, Friendship, Purity, Courtesy, Piety)
What is the first tale told in the story?
The Knight's Tale
Fate or destiny
What is the name of Egil's father? Hint: it translates to 'night wolf'
Kveldulf
Who is Brecca?
The warrior to whom Beowulf loses a swimming contest
What three things does Bertilak hunt while Gawain is hunted?
Deer, Boar, Fox
What is The Tabard?
The inn at which the pilgrimage starts?
When was "middle English" born?
What is the name of Egil's brother?
Thorolf
What is Hrunting?
The sword which Unferth gives to Beowulf
What physical object OTHER THAN THE GIRDLE does Lady Bertilak offer Gawain?
A golden ring
Why was The Canterbury Tales new and "revolutionary" as a media?
It examined a cross-section of medieval society in England, not just the courtly class, deploying a number of different genres from fables, to farce's to romances, and it was one of the first major popular texts written in Middle English.
What is "the mead of poetry"?
The elixir made from Kvasir's blood that allows humans to create poetry. The bad poetry is from the elixir that Odin sh*t on the world while he was transformed into an eagle.
For whom are Egil and his brother mercenaries when his brother falls in battle?
King Aethelstan of England
What is the name of the mead hall that Hrothgar builds
Heorot
How does Gawain undercut the otherwise "knightly" admission of his own culpability when confronted by the Green Knight about the girdle?
He goes on an anti-feminist rant and blames all women throughout history for the failures of men.
Which martyr are the pilgrims going to see?
Sir Thomas Beckett who was stabbed in the head for siding with the Church over King Henry II.
What is the difference between an Anglo-Saxon and a Viking or Norseman?
The Anglo-Saxon were the people who migrated from Germanic territories and inter-mingled with the Britons and settled down. Vikings and Norseman raided continuously from Scandinavia and established Danelaw.