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HOEL
Beowulf
Chaucer / CT
Themes
Allusions
100
English is this type of language
What is Germanic
100
Beowulf is written in this type of verse-- it is characterized by repetition of vowel sounds.
What is alliterative
100
Canterbury Tales is written in this language
What is Middle English
100
This theme is used by Chaucer in the Pardoner's Tale and in Dante's "hoarders and wasters, simoniac, and barratry" levels
What is greed/money/avarice is the root of all evil
100
This story usually represents how man fell and was punished by God.
What is Garden of Eden (Adam/Eve)
200
These tribes brought us Germanic language and gave us the earliest form of English
Who are the Anglo-Saxons
200
Grendel is a descendent of this Biblical character
What is Cain
200
CT is a ______ story (a story within a story)
What is a frame story
200
These are two examples of how the power of language can be seen in the works we've read.
What is (various answers to be credited by Morrell)
200
This story is referenced when discussing Grendel's ancestry and the first section of circle 9 in Dante's Hell.
What is Cain and Abel.
300
This language combined with Anglo-Saxon and Viking languages to give us Middle English
What is French
300
The language that Beowulf is written in
What is Old English / A-S English
300
The characters in CT are going on a ________ to visit ____________'s tomb.
What is pilgrimage and St. Thomas Beckett
300
The theme of-- your ancestry is important to understanding your culture-- can be seen in a variety of works such as ________.
What are Beowulf and Inferno
300
This human is used to teach the danger of bragging about your abilities (pride), especially when challenging Athena.
What is Arachne
400
The year of the Norman Invasion.
What is 1066
400
Beowulf is classified as a _________, which is characterized by a sad and lamenting tone.
What is elegy
400
These characters satirize the clergy (name 3)
Who are the nun, monk, friar, parson... etc.
400
This is a way that the culture of the A-S is represented in Beowulf.
What is (various answers-- Morrell)
400
This guardian to the gates of the Underworld is used to also guard a level of Dante's Hell.
Who is Cerberus
500
The three main languages that combined to give us English.
What is Germanic (A-S), Norse, French.
500
The poem begins and ends with a _________.
What is a funeral
500
These characters satirize the working class (name 3)
Who are merchant, franklin, haberdasher, dyer, carpenter, weaver, carpet-maker
500
These are two ways the Italian Tuscan culture of the 1300s is reflected in Dante's work.
What is (various answers- Morrell)
500
These part-bird/part-women creatures attack the suicides, ripping their leaves and branches.
What are harpies