How many tales did Chaucer plan to write for The Canterbury Tales?

Part I. Multiple choice. 25 questions/2 points each for a total of 50 points. Be CAREFUL readers!!!

 

1. How many tales did Chaucer plan to write for The Canterbury Tales?
2. 100
3. 120
4. 300
5. 150

 

2. What is the name of the sword that Unferth gives to Beowulf to fight Grendel’s mother?
3. Hrunting
4. Naegling
5. Sting
6. Excalibur

 

3. Wergild is
4. a code of hospitality
5. the use of wisdom
6. man-money
7. overweening pride

 

4. The pilgrims in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales are going to visit what shrine?
5. Thomas á Becket
6. Thomas Aquinas
7. Santiago de Compostela
8. Jerusalem

 

5. The Miller’s Tale is an example of what kind of story?
6. Breton Lay
7. Courtly love
8. Moral tale
9. Fabliau

 

6. How long does Gawain have to find the Green Knight?
7. A year and a day
8. A week
9. One year
10. Six months

 

 

 

7. The Beowulf manuscript is also referred to by what name?
8. La Vita Nuova
9. The Liber Monstrorum
10. Il Canzonieri
11. Amoretti

 

8. Who is Hondschioh?
9. The man who engaged in a swimming match with the young Beowulf
10. The man who felt threatened by the tale of the swimming match with Beowulf
11. The man who was killed in the fight at Heorot with Grendel
12. The man who helped Beowulf defeat the dragon

 

9. What does the term comitatus mean?
10. man-money
11. peace-weaver
12. the close-knit relationship between a warrior and his king
13. glory

 

10. As seen in the works of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe, the Middle Ages was known for a particular type of spirituality referred to as
11. Devotio moderna
12. Incendium amoris
13. Discretio Spirituum
14. Affective spirituality

 

11. Identify where this passage comes from:

Where has the horse gone? where is the young rider? where is the giver of

gold?

Where are the seats of the feast? where are the joys of the hall?

O the bright cup! O the brave warrior!

O the glory of princes! How the time passed away,

slipped into nightfall as if it had never been!

 

1. The Wanderer
2. The Seafarer
3. The Wife’s Lament
4. The Dream of the Rood

 

12. In Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale, who is Alisoun’s husband?
13. John
14. Absalon
15. Harry Bailley
16. Nicholas

 

 

13. The influence for having King Arthur’s court wear the green sash of shame can be traced back to the founding of
14. The Knights of the Round Table
15. The Knight of the Privy
16. The Knight of the Garter
17. The Knight of the Stable

 

14. Who is the old lady who accompanies lady Bertilak?
15. Her mother-in-law
16. Her mother
17. A nun
18. Morgan le Fay

 

15. In The Marriage of Gawain and Dame Ragnell, how long does Arthur have to find the answer to the question Dame Ragnell poses to him?
16. One year
17. A year and a day
18. 3 months
19. 6 months

 

16. What is the name of Hrothgar’s hall?
17. Camelot
18. Rivendell
19. Gryffindor
20. Heorot

 

17. Anglo-Saxon and medieval manuscripts are written on
18. Vellum
19. Paper
20. Papyrus
21. Parchment

 

18. Who was England’s first printer?
19. Wynkyn de Worde
20. Henry Pepwell
21. William Caxton
22. Julian Notary

 

19. What animal does Lord Bertilak kill on his last hunting expedition?
20. A fox
21. A bear
22. A boar
23. A deer

 

 

 

 

 

20. This character from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales tells a tale to quit the Knight’s tale.
21. The Wife of Bath
22. The Pardoner
23. The Reeve
24. The Miller

 

21. Chaucer modeled the structure of The Canterbury Tale after this Italian writer’s book.
22. Dante’s Divine Comedy
23. Virgil’s The Aeneid
24. Boccaccio’s Decameron
25. Francesco Petrarch Il Canzoniere

 

22. This act, which was passed in 1401, allowed individuals to be burned at the stake if accused of heresy.
23. Senex Amans
24. De Heretico Comburendo
25. Discretio Spirituum
26. Confessio Amantis

 

23. This woman became an anchoress after a near-death experience.
24. Julian Notary
25. Julian of Norwich
26. Margery Kempe
27. Queen Guinevere

 

24. After King Edward III’s death, who ascended to the throne?
25. Henry Bolingbroke, aka Henry IV
26. Richard II
27. Richard III
28. Henry VIII

 

25. This theologian, philosopher, priest, and professor’s body was disinterred more than forty years after his death in order to burn his corpse and scatter his ashes into the River Swift.
26. John Wycliffe
27. Walter Hilton
28. Wat Tyler
29. Thomas Malory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part II. Short answer. 5 questions/10 points each=50. Make sure you DEVELOP your answer to hit the high points, not trivial details.

 

1. Who is Queen Modryth, what story is she from, and what is the significance of her story with regards to the role of women in Anglo-Saxon literature? Your answer will require you to explain what the expected role of women was at the time, and discuss how and why Modryth does/or does not uphold this tradition.

 

 

2. Discuss the religious significance of the pentangle on Gawain’s shield, and also explain what is found on the inside of his shield. Make sure you provide what each of the points stands for in this answer. Why does it matter what is on the outside and the inside of his shield? Be sure to develop your answer as thoroughly as possible.

 

 

 

3. One of the most important themes in Anglo-Saxon literature is the fate of an exile. Looking back at the works we’ve studied this semester, explain how the poems relay this theme in different ways. Make sure to refer to at least THREE poems for this answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Nearly every piece of literature that we’ve covered during this semester has focused on the role of religion. While some works are more detailed than others, explain why and how this topic continues to find its way into the literature of the period. Make sure to refer to at least THREE examples in your answer; at least one of those sources must be from Anglo-Saxon literature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Explain the significance and escalation of the fights in Beowulf—who are the fights with, what weapons are used in each fight, and where do they occur? Do the changes matter in the progression of the fight? Why/why not?