This pilgrim is gap-toothed and wealthy, a well-liked character and an early feminist.
Who is the Wife of Bath?
100
This is the symbol of safety and community in Anglo-Saxon society. Grendel attacked this safe place, and King Hrothgar built the best one in the land.
What is the mead hall?
200
This Beowulf character is cruel, hungry, jealous of the Danes.
Who is Grendel?
200
Canterbury Tales is an example of this - a story within a story.
What is a frame story?
200
This is a clause that can not stand on its own as a sentence.
What is a subordinate or dependent clause?
200
This character's knee is home to an ulcerous sore and does not prepare appetizing dishes.
Who is the Cook?
300
Beowulf is this type of hero.
What is an epic hero?
300
This is like a parable - a short anecdote intended to teach a moral lesson.
What is an exemplum?
300
This is two or more main clauses joined as if they were one sentence.
What is a run-on?
300
This character is admired and intelligent. This character wears threadbare clothes and speaks wisely. This character is working on a degree.
Who is the Oxford Cleric/Student?
300
The type of clause shown here: We were tired from the long trip
What is an independent or main clause?
400
This is a special metaphor used by Anglo-Saxon poets.
What is a kenning?
400
This is a story with symbolic people, places, and events.
What is an allegory?
400
The coordinating or fanboys conjunctions. Name them.
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so ?
400
This character sells certificates to absolve people of their sins at a personal profit. This character also sells relics - pieces of Christ's body and Christ's cross. This character is very corrupt.
Who is the Pardoner?
400
The type of clause shown here: After we eat our lunch
What is a subordinate clause?
500
This is the name for an Anglo-Saxon storyteller.
What is a scop?
500
This is another name for a quest tale.
What is a romance?
500
This is a sentence with only one main clause and at least one subordinate clause.
What is a complex sentence?
500
This character has boils on his/her face, drinks red wine, eats garlic, and shouts out random phrases in Latin. This character is portrayed negatively. This character's profession is to call people to court when they are charged with sins against the church. This character is easy to bribe.