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Gordon Test Review 2-8-07
Canterbury Tales, Medieval Period, Etc.
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Literature
11th Grade
02/08/2007

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1066 was what important event?
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Battle of Hastings/Norman Invasion, Beginning of Medieval Literature Period
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1485 was what important event?
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Ascension of First Tudor King
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What were the two major ruling families during the Medieval Period?
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Normans and Plantagenets
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3 Noteworthy Events that weren't wars during Medieval Period
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Judicial Reform - Set judges up into districts to avoid corruption
Magna Charta- King is subject to law like everyone else
Beginnings of Parliament
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3 Wars During Medieval Period
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Hundred Years War - England became language of court;
War of the Roses- Ends Medieval Ages and establishes Tudor rule;
Crusades - Trying to take Jerusalem from Muslims
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3 Important Factors in the Development of Medieval Literature
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Influence of Church, Changing Social System, Rise of Nationalism
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Types of Medieval Literature
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Romance, Devotional/Didactic, Ballads, Drama
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4 Characteristics of a Romance
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Magic, Idealization of Women, Courtly Love, Code of Chivalry
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3 Main Characteristics of a Ballad
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Common Subject Matter - Domestic Tragedy, Love Story, Outlaw
Musical - Repetition, Quatrain, Rhyme Scheme
Use of Dialogue
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What is an allegory?
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A tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities
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3 Types of Drama
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Cycle Plays, Mystery/Miracle Plays, Morality Plays
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What is a legend?
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Widely told story about the past, one that may or may not have foundation in fact.
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Morte D'Arthur is a eulogy. Its purpose is to...
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Lament the death of chivalry
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Name some characteristics of chivalry
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Generosity, Kindness, Respect, Honor, Courteousness, Reverence, Bravery
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Major Difference Between Anglo Saxon Hero and Medieval Hero?
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Medieval emphasized brains over brute strength; strategy; Mentioned Women
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3 Most Important English Writers?
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Milton, Shakespeare, Chaucer
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Purpose of Canterbury Tales
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To satirize the corruption within the church
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Why are the Canterbury Tales so important?
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They portray a cross section of English society during the Middle Ages.
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3 Classes of People in Canterbury Tales.
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Feudal, Religious, Town/Middle
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Thomas A Beckett was...
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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Political Ruler at time of Canterbury Tales
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Henry II
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2 Reasons they went to Canterbury
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Religious, Vacation
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3 Things in the Character Sketch
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Profession, Degree/Social Status, Clothes
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"He Never yet a boorish thing had said"
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Knight
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"He loved so hotly that till down grew pale, he slept as ltitle as a nightingale"
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Squire
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"He was a proper forester, I guess"
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Yeoman
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"For courtliness, she had a special Zest"
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Nun
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"The rule of good st. benet or st. maur, as old and strict he tended to ignore"
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Monk
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"He was the finest beggar of his batch"
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Friar
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"An expert in dabbling in exchanges"
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Merchant
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"And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach"
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Oxford Cleric/Student
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"He was less busy than he seemed to be"
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Sergent at Law/Lawyer
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"For he was epicurus's Very Son"
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Franklin
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Sanguine
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Happy
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Benign
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Harmless
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"But what a pity it seemed to me, that he should have an ulcer on his knee"
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Cook
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"He therefore had a special love of gold"
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Doctor
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Avarice
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Greed
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Guile
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Deceit and Treacherous Cunning
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"She had 5 husbands at the church door"
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Woman from Bath
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Lascivious
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Lustful
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"He was rich in holy thought and work"
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Parson
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Metaphor which is used in several lines over
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Extended Metaphor
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Mercenary
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Hired Worker
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Vice
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Bad Thing or Habit
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"He was an honest worker, good and true"
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Plowman
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3 Admired People in Canterbury Tales
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Knight, Parson, Plowman
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"His mighty mouth was like a furnace door"
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Miller
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Boisterous
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Loud, Bragging
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Belligerent
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Argumentative
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Lecherous
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Excessive sexual lewdness
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"That an illiterate fellow can outpace the wisdom of a heap of learned men"
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Manciple
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"No one could catch him in arrears"
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Reeve
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Sycophant
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Suck-up or servile flatterer
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"Children were afraid when he appeared"
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Summoner
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"He'd sewed a holy relic on his cap"
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Pardoner
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2 forms of irony in Pardoner's Tale
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They set out looking for death and find it;
Pardoner preaches about avarice/greed, but actually is one of the greediest of them all
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exemplum
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Story that teaches a moral
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Pardoner's Purpose in Telling Story
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To make money
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