English4: Middle Ages Test Review
Excalibur
Arthur asks Bedivere to throw what into the lake?
vernacular
Chaucer was the first to write in what common language?
They both stand up for their king- Gawain when he volunteers to fight in place of Arthur. Sir Bedivere when he chooses a life of simplicity and poverty following the potential death of Arthur.
Gawain from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight similar to Sir Bedivere in Morte d'Arthur. EXAMPLE 1
Have the idea of third time is the charm. Gawain keeps his promise of giving him gifts 2 times and fails on the third. Bedivere fails to throw excalibur two times, and succeeds on the third.
Gawain from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight similar to Sir Bedivere in Morte d'Arthur. EXAMPLE 2
they are both greedy, which explains why Gawain keeps the green scarf for himself, and Bedivere tries to keep excalibur for himself because they wanted some power.
Gawain from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight similar to Sir Bedivere in Morte d'Arthur. EXAMPLE 3
head
Mordred hits Arthur where?
True
T/F The pilgrims know everything before he tells them
True
T/F the Pilgrims know that the Pardoner's relics are fake
his chair is turned upside down into a pit of darkness and snakes
What happens in king Arthur's first dream?
simplicity and poverty
after thinking that Arthur is dead, Bedivere dedicates his life to what two things?
a bar
before 9, the drinkers are where?
a tree
death is under a what?
14
during the treaty, each side brings how many men?
he keeps the magic green scarf
how does Gawain break the promise on the 3rd day?
tells the people to go back to the party
how does King Arthur react when the knight leaves?
4 feet
how long is the blade?
a year and a day(New Years Day)
how long until Gawain must meet the knight at the chapel?
8
how many bushels of coins do the rioters find?
3
how many queens is Arthur accompanied by on the barge?
3
how many rioters were there in the tale?
2
how many times does Bedivere deny Arthur's wish?
3
how many times does the sword brandish before being sucked into the water?
Role of Women
no voice, subservient, childbearing, housework, and hard fieldwork describes the what?
role of the knight
oath of loyalty to lord, rules of warfare, and adoration of a lady describe the what?
greed is the root of all evil
the pardoner's lesson from his tale is?
spy
the rioters think the old man is a what?
a snake bites a guy's foot
what causes one of the knights to draw his sword and cause a battle?
taxes
what did William first introduce, on what people owed specifically?
to trade gifts for the next three days
what do the Lord and Gawain promise to each other?
spears him
what does Arthur do to Mordred?
don't kill Mordred tomorrow or you will die
what does Gawain tell Arthur in the second dream?
terrifying cave
what does the green chapel look like?
The Green girdle
what does the knight give Gawain?
says don't flinch
what happens the first time that the Green knight goes at him?
he stops to check if he will flinch
what happens the second time that the Green Knight goes at him?
he knicks him a little
what happens the third time that the green Knight goes after him?
land
what is Arthur to offer Mordred instead of killing him?
hypocrite
what is Gawain?
Lancelot
what is King Arthur's purpose?
Courtly love
what is nonsexual, a knight wears "their" lady's color in battle, glorify her in words/inspired by her?
hypocrite
what is the Pardoner, so that it makes the Church corrupt?
feudalism
what is the exchange of property for service?
do not be greedy
what is the moral of the Pardoner's tale?
Romance
what is the new form of literature, where a hero with the help of magic undertakes a quest to conquer an evil enemy?
God, King, Lord, Knight, Serf
what is the order of the feudalism chart?
Chivalry
what is the system of social codes governing behaviors of knights and gentlewomen?
french and latin
what languages did they use because of business?
feudalism
what new social system did William use?
Black Death
what reduced the population by 1/3 and killed off Feudalism?
100 years war
what was the battle between England and France where England loses(unsuccessful for the military)?
Magna Carta
what was the first English document to become the basis of English constitutional law?
War of the Roses
what was the struggle for the english throne between york and the lancastejs, which eventually caused Henry Tudor to take over and kill Richard III(York)?
1066-1485
when did the middle ages take place?
the green chapel
where does the green knight live?
Avalon
where is Arthur going to be healed?
France
where is King Arthur visiting?
Mordred
which man dies? (Mort d'Arthur)
the youngest
which rioter draws the longest straw?
mordred, lucan, bedivere, and arthur
who are the four men that are not dead after the battle?
Lucan and Bedivere
who are the two brothers that Arthur sends to make a peace treaty with Mordred?
Mordred
who attacks England and forces King Arthur to return to England?
Sir Gaiwan
who cuts the green knights head off?
Thomas Becket
who did Henry II appoint as the archbishop because he was his best friend?
Harold II
who did William the Conqueror defeat for the throne?
robbers
who do Lucan and bedivere find when moving Arthur's body to the Church?
the lord
who does the green Knight reveal that he is?
Henry II
who established the royal house and order?
Gawain
who is King Arthur's dead nephew?
Lucan
who is a chivalrous knight because he died for his king?
Chaucer
who is the Father of English poetry?
Death
who killed the drinkers' friends?
Lucan
who reminds Arthur not to fight his son?
William the Conqueror
who took over England and used a Norman influence to transform the Anglo Saxon Culture
Thomas Becket
who was accidentally murdered by four knights?
Henry Tudor
who was the hero that ended the war of the Roses, otherwise known as Henry VII?
he knows he has learned a lesson
why does the Green knight forgive Gawain?
he wants their money
why does the Pardoner preach?
the court is famous
why does the green knight crash king arthur's party?
Bubonic Plague
why has Death been busy?
death hasn't accepted him yet
why isn't the old man dead yet?