Middle English Period (Literature Test)

1. The characteristics of a romantic poem:

______ knight's quest
_______ love
acts of _____
______ elements
Ideas of _____ society:
adventurous
romantic
chivalry
supernatural
civilized
2. During what time of year is Canterbury Tales set?: spring
3. During which war was England trying to lay claim to France?: Hundred Years' War
4. "loved chivalry": the knight
5. Medieval times came to England by who?: William of Normandy
6. "meek as a girl and gentle in his ways": the knight
7. Middle English refers to the time between which two periods?: Old and Modern English
8. Middle English was _________ conflict.: internal
9. Old English was _________ conflict.: external
10. What does spring symbolize in Canterbury Tales?: spiritual freshness
11. What is a long narrative poem?: romance
12. What is a short poem intended to be sung?: ballad
13. What was Chaucer's greatest work, which was full of stereotypes?: Canterbury Tales
14. What was the number on requirement for a priest?: to live a godly lifestyle
15. What was Wycliffe's guidelines for priesthood?: The Order of the Priesthood
16. What were the similarities between Wycliffe and Chaucer?: Dialect
Critical of Religious fraud
Friends of John Gaunt
Favored by the crown (king)
17. Who was born into the middle class, rose to the aristocracy, married into nobility, and whose variety of experience gave him
insight into human nature and social institutions?: Chaucer
18. Who was called "the Morning Star of the Protestant Reformation"?: Wycliffe
19. Who were the three main authors of the Middle English Period?: Wycliffe, Chaucer, Mallory
20. Wycliffe is best known for what?: complete translation of the Bible