Chaucer and the Middle Ages test review

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Chaucer and the Middle Ages test review
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• ____________ is the rigid social system or
  structure that governed England in the early
  medieval era.

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• is Epicurus very son, famous for his
  hospitality and his generosity with food

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• ____________ is a system of ideals and codes of
  behavior that governed knights and gentlewomen.

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• Has lovely table manners and wants to seem to be
  part of the upper class

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• carries a pillow case (and other false relics)
  said to be a piece of the Virgin Marys veil

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• True or false at the beginning of his tale the
  Pardoner states that money is the root of all
  evil.

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• _______ is an important Italian source for The
  Canterbury Tales.

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• This pilgrim accepts bribes instead of taking
  people to church court for their sins.

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• This pilgrim is very skinny, which is meant to
  show that he is tight-fisted and secretive.

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• follows chivalry, truth, honor, generousness,
  and courtesy and has never said a boorish
  thing in his life

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• True or false all of the pilgrims in The
  General Prologue are upper class.

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• These pilgrims dress nicely, showing their
  prosperity, and they want to climb the medieval
  social ladder.

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• Geoffrey Chaucer was born into a _______-class
  family.

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• has beautiful manners and several small dogs
  strains to counterfeit a courtly kind of grace

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• The ______ limited the kings power and became
  the basis for English constitutional law.

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• True or false Chaucer never left England.

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• This pilgrim has an open sore on his knee and
  makes very good blancmange

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• diagnoses patients using astrology loves gold

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• The Canterbury Tales was written in this language

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• True or False In the Middle Ages, people who
  lived in different parts of England often could
  not understand each others speech because of the
  different versions of Middle English they spoke.

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• The one hundred most commonly used words in
  Modern English come from this language

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• has been to Jerusalem three times is skilled in
  wandering by the way

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• ________ brought about the first feelings of
  national identity in England.

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• This pilgrim is the working-class counterpart to
  his brother, the Parson

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• has terrible sores on the face and loves to eat
  garlic and onions only speaks Latin when drunk

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• In the Middle Ages the upper class in England
  spoke

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• True or False All three of the rioters are dead
  at the end of The Pardoners Tale.

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• he rode at the very end of the group of pilgrims,
  probably so that he can keep an eye on everyone

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• The vernacular language in England in the Middle
  Ages was

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• wears a beautiful, red-and-white embroidered gown
  and gets very little sleep at night

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• __________ became the most popular type of
  literature in medieval England.

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• loves hunting has nice clothes, horses, and
  dogs was he to leave the world upon the shelf?

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• The entertainment value of Chaucers stories was
  called (in Middle English)

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• a great stout fellow with a wart on his nose
  who plays the bagpipes and cheats his customers

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• The lesson taught by Chaucers stories was called
  (in Middle English)

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• Children were afraid when he appeared, and he
  accepts bribes

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• Chaucer used this literary device to write the
  Canterbury Tales

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• sings an offertory very well

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• works with apothecaries to maximize profits

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• practices what he preaches is a good shepherd

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• A journey undertaken to show religious devotion
  is called _________ .

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• skinny loves books more than anything is very
  single-minded and serious

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• has married off many young women and paid them
  money to keep quiet about it

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• knows remedies for the pains of love is skilled
  at making cloth

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• These works of art, found in churches, helped
  teach Bible stories to illiterate people

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• can sweet talk a poor widow out of her last
  farthing, but prefers hanging out with the rich
  people

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• What was built between 1070-1180?

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• knows all the good hiding places along the coast
  of Europe steals wine

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• embezzles from his boss and is wealthy, though
  he does not have high social status

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• This person cannot read or write but has good
  business skills and manages to cheat the educated
  lawyers he works for

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• In medieval England the upper classs ancestors
  came from _________ .

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• enjoys telling dirty stories and breaking down
  doors with his head

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• stylishly hides his indebtedness from others by
  frequently talking about his profession in a
  seemingly-authoritative way

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• his tanned face and well-kept equipment indicate
  he does his job well

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• wants everyone to think he is very successful and
  knowledgeable.

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• is very interested in controlling the people
  around him, including his boss

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• This event occurred in October of the year 1066

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• This person weathers storms and ignores the
  nicer rules of conscience

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• keeps his equipment in very good condition he
  represents the working class, military element of
  society