Medieval Trivia and Not so Trivial Test Review

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Medieval Trivia and Not so Trivial Test Review
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• What year marks the official beginning of the
  medieval period?

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Answer

• 1066

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• Who invaded England in 1066?

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• William the Conqueror from Normandy

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• What language did William the Conqueror bring to
  England?

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• French

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

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• Feudalism

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Question 5

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

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• Chivalry

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Question 6

• What three loyalties did a knight have?

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• God
• Country (or king)
• Lady

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• What was the purpose of the crusades?

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• To reclaim the holy lands from the infidels.

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• Name three causes for the end of feudalism

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• 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

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• How was the Bubonic Plague spread?

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• Through flea-bitten rats

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• Who wrote Morte dArthur?

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• Thomas Malory

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• Who was involved in the love triangle in Morte
  DArthur?

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• King Arthur
• Guenevere
• Lancelot

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• How did Sir Lucan show his loyalty to Arthur?

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• He moved the wounded Arthur causing his own death.

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• What terrible coincidence caused the fighting
  between Mordred and Arthurs men?

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• A knight raising his sword to kill a snake

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

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• Gawain

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• Who of Arthurs knights throws Excalibur into the
  lake?

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• Sir Bedevere

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• How did Sir Gawain show that he was imperfect?

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

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

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• The lord of the castle

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

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• 1. deer
• 2. boar
• 3. fox

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• Who were Mordreds parents?

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• Arthur and Morgause (his half sister)

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

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• Lord Randall
• Edward, Edward
• Ballad of Birmingham

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• What is a ballad stanza?

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• 4 line stanza, second and fourth lines rhyme

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

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• Barbara Allen
• Edward, Edward
• Sir Patrick Spense

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• Which ballad concerns poison by a lover?
• Which ballad involves a deserted knights death?
• Which ballad involves a dispute between a husband
  and wife?

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

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

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• The Ballad of Ushers Well

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• Name three characteristics of ballads

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• Written to be sung
• Written for common people
• Use such techniques as incremental repetition,
  dialect, question/answer format
• Elements include supernatural and sensational
  stories

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

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• Religious
• Feudal
• Town

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• Name 2 corrupt religious figures and explain
  their corruption.

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• Name two moral pilgrims and tell why.

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

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

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• What are the signs that a pilgrim is wealthy?

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• Generally, explain the gist of the following
  tales
• 1. knight
• 2. pardoner
• 3. Oxford cleric
• 4. Wife of Bath

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

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• 1. Satire
• 2. frame story

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