Medieval Lit Review Sample

Front 1

E - Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

Back 1

Chaucer

Front 2

M - What 2 requirements must every pilgrim's tale meet?

Back 2

Must be entertaining and teach a lesson

Front 3

C - In which century did the author of The Canterbury Tales live?

Back 3

The 14th century (second half of the 1300's)

Front 4

R - Name the Grinch's dog in the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Back 4

Max

Front 5

M - Why was Thomas a Becket's burial place a popular destination for pilgrims in the Middle Ages?

Back 5

He was a religious martyr; people believed they would receive physical healing

Front 6

C - Sir Thomas Malory wrote down stories about what legendary figure?

Back 6

King Arthur

Front 7

E - The Canterbury pilgrims end up in Canterbury, but where do they begin?

Back 7

London

Front 8

C - In the Middle Ages, barons appointed vassals, who became land owners; what name was given to the peasants at the bottom of the social system?

Back 8

Serfs

Front 9

M - What is chivalry?

Back 9

The code of honor followed by knights

Front 10

C - What was the date of the Norman Conquest, generally considered the beginning of the Middle Ages?

Back 10

1066

Front 11

E - True or false, the Hundred Years War lasted a little under a hundred years

Back 11

False I1337-1453, well over a hundred)

Front 12

M - Name a hand-held weapon that could pierce a knight's armor

Back 12

Long bow OR a musket

Front 13

E - What language did the Normans bring to England? Hint - it wasn't called Norman.

Back 13

French

Front 14

M - Name the famous document signed in 1215 that became the basis for english Constitutional law

Back 14

Magna Carta

Front 15

M - What type of SHORT poems that were often set to music were popular in the Middle Ages?

Back 15

ballads