Medieval Trivia and Not so Trivial Test Review

1.

• What year marks the official beginning of the medieval period?

Answer

• 1066

2

• Who invaded England in 1066?

Answer

• William the Conqueror from Normandy

3

• What language did William the Conqueror bring to England?

Answer

• French

4

• What governmental, social, and military system did William the Conqueror bring to England?

Answer

• Fuedalism

Question 5

• What was the code of behavior expected of knights called?

Answer

• Chivalry

Question 6

• What three loyalties did a knight have?

Answer

• God• Country (or king)• Lady

7

• What was the purpose of the crusades?

Answer

• To reclaim the holy lands from the “infidels.”

8

• Name three causes for the end of feudalism

Answer

• Bubonic plague that killed ¼ of the population, creating a demand for skilled laborers and therefore a rise in middle class

• Conversion to money system over land• Invention of the long bow and gunpowder

that could penetrate the armor of a knight

9

• How was the Bubonic Plague spread?

Answer

• Through flea-bitten rats

10

• Who wrote Morte d’Arthur?

Answer

• Thomas Malory

11

• Who was involved in the love triangle in Morte D’Arthur?

Answer

• King Arthur• Guenevere• Lancelot

12

• How did Sir Lucan show his loyalty to Arthur?

Answer

• He moved the wounded Arthur causing his own death.

13

• What terrible coincidence caused the fighting between Mordred and Arthur’s men?

Answer

• A knight raising his sword to kill a snake

14

• Who appeared to Arthur in a dream, warning him that he should delay the battle against Mordred?

Answer

• Gawain

15

• Who of Arthur’s knights throws Excalibur into the lake?

Answer

• Sir Bedevere

16

• How did Sir Gawain show that he was imperfect?

Answer

• He accepted the green sash from the lady of the castle

17

• The Green Knight was also which other character in the romance?

Answer

• The lord of the castle

18

• Name the three animals that the lord of the castle hunted

Answer

• 1. deer• 2. boar• 3. fox

19

• Who were Mordred’s parents?

Answer

• Arthur and Morgause (his half sister)

20

• Name two ballads that are in question/ answer format.

Answer

• “Lord Randall”• “Edward, Edward”• “Ballad of Birmingham”

21

• What is a ballad stanza?

Answer

• 4 line stanza, second and fourth lines rhyme

22

• Which ballad concerns a double suicide?• Which ballad describes a murder of a father?• Which ballad describes unquestioned loyalty

to a king?

Answer

• “Barbara Allen”• “Edward, Edward”• “Sir Patrick Spense”

23

• Which ballad concerns poison by a lover?• Which ballad involves a deserted knight’s

death?• Which ballad involves a dispute between a

husband and wife?

Answer

• 1. “Lord Randall”• 2. “Barbara Allen• 3. “Twa Corbies”

24

• Which ballad concerns a ghostly visit of three sons to their mother?

Answer

• “The Ballad of Usher’s Well”

25

• Name three characteristics of ballads

Answer

• Written to be sung• Written for common people• Use such techniques as incremental

repetition, dialect, question/answer format• Elements include supernatural and sensational

stories

26

• What are the three types of pilgrims that go on the pilgrimage to Canterbury?

Answer

• Religious• Feudal• Town

27

• Name 2 corrupt religious figures and explain their corruption.

28

• Name two moral pilgrims and tell why.

29

• Name two pilgrims who are good at what they do?

30.

• Explain: “Damned by faint praise” as it applies to the Canterbury Tales.

31

• What are the signs that a pilgrim is wealthy?

32

• Generally, explain the gist of the following tales:

• 1. knight• 2. pardoner• 3. Oxford cleric• 4. Wife of Bath

33

• Name two ways that “Once Upon a Time” is like Canterbury Tales.

Answer

• 1. Satire• 2. frame story

34

• Name two methods of satire used by Jonathan Swift in “A Modest Proposal.”