Post 6 multiple choice questions (4 answer options) for the work(s) assigned to you below:
Pat/Nathan - The Middle Ages (introductory essay)
Jaymie/Ethan - Lord Randall/Get Up and Bar the Door
Matt/Bianca - The Pardoner's Tale
Chris/Jazzmine - The Wife of Bath's Tale
Callie/Lily - Le Morte d’Arthur/Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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The Wife of Bath's Tale
ReplyDelete1. According to the story, what is it every woman wants?
A) Lots of money
B) Equality with her husband/lover
C) To be thought sinless and wise
D) Mr. Morrison
2. She compares men to fire later in the tale. How are they compared?
A) Men are as firey and hot as flames are.
B) Men and fire both like to destroy everything they come across.
C) Men are cold and rude with an aura of negativity surrounding them while fire is warm and has an aura of warmth.
D) Men fail to keep promises while fire keeps its (continues to burn).
3. What is the knight's reward for finding the woman and keeping his promise?
A) A swift death.
B) A high possition in society.
C) A young wife & allowed to keep his life.
D) A huge debt from his new wife's gambling habbits.
1. In, Lord Randal, what is the cause of his pain?
ReplyDeleteA)the hounds
B)poison
C)a knife wound
D)a stomach ache
2.Who is Lord Randal accompanied by during his pain?
A)his wife
B)his brother
C)his mother
D)his father
3. in the poem, Get Up and Bar the Door, who visits the couple during their sleep?
A) the husbands sisters
B) thieves
C) the wifes grand mother and father
D) little red riding hood and her dog
4. what do the visitors try to do to the couple.
A) shave the husband's beard
B) kiss the wife
C) cut their hair
D) both A nad B
5. why wont the wife bar the door?
A) she is lazy
B) she feels offended
C) she hates her husband
D) she is in the middle of her chores
6.why does the husband bar the door?
A) he is cold from the wind
B) he was already up
C) he spoke first
D) his wife barred the door, not him
1.) In line 9 of "Lord Randall," the word 'son' most nearly means:
ReplyDeletea. friend and dear companion
b. male spawn
c. parishoner
d. yellow spotted lizard
2.) What does Randall want most?
a. his bloodhounds back
b. his true love to be there
c. to lie down
d. to be a father
3.) What is the cause of Randall's grief?
a. his true-love is dead
b. he has been poisoned
c. his beautiful bloodhounds are no more
d. his sleeping patterns are out of wack
4.) What is the biggest problem in this story according to the husband?
a. the draft
b. the puddings being made
c. the theives stealing stuff
d. the man about ot kiss the wife
5.) What is the biggest problem in this story according to the wife?
a. the draft
b. the puddings being made
c. the theives stealing stuff
d. the thief about ot kiss the wife
6.) Does the door ever get barred?
a. yes
b. no
c. aye!
d. nay
In the Middle Ages: Introductory Essay, a "yeoman" is characterized by..
ReplyDeletea- a home boy from the hood greeting a fellow "gangsta"
b- french land owner in the time period clad in green wielding a hefty longbow
c- a worthy knight with shining armor
d- the lord of a castle
Which document, otherwise known as the "great charter" was signed by King John in 1215 to decrease the power of the king allowing for a more democratic system among nobles?
a- the millenary petition
b-the magna carta
c-womens' suffrage petition
d-petition for the rights of trees by obama's czars
Which English king was PERHAPS misunderstood in his inquiry of a person who would rid him of Thomas a Becket?
a-the french king, Louis XIV
b-Adolf Hitler
c- Geoffrey Chaucer
d- Henry II
The term "chivalry" is described as which of the follwoing...
a-carrying a lady's colors into battle
b-system of ideals and social codes governing the behavior of knights and gentlewomen
c-destroying all infidels of christianity
d-becoming a master blacksmith
The middle ages saw a shift from aristocratic art to middle class preferences. What is the term for a song-like poem that tells a story in a regular pattern that uses simple direct language?
a-sing-a-longs
b-epics
c-ballads
d-sagas
In 1066, the epochal Battle of Hastings, marked the beginning of a new period of cultural influence in England. What group of people sailed across the English channel to defeat the Anglo-Saxons and gain control of England?
a- the streltsy
b- the vikings
c-the normans
d- the BYSC sailing team
Arthur:
ReplyDeleteHow did Arthur die?
a.Suicide when he could not kill Mordred
b.Mortally wounded while stabbing Mordred with a spear
c.Trampled by his own horse
d.The Lady of the Lake struck him down with lightning
What does Arthur's tomb's engraving imply?
a.Arthur will one day rule again
b.A descendent of Arthur will one day claim the throne
c.Arthur is Jesus
d.The apocolypse is near
How many times did Arthur order his knight to throw the sword into the lake?
a.one
b.two
c.three
d.nine
Why did the battle begin?
a.Arthur tried to stab Mordred with a concealed dagger
b.Mordred tried to stab Arthur with a concealed dagger?
c.One of the soldiers was bitten by a snake and drew his sword
d.The wine was poisoned
Gawain:
Why does the green knight hate Sir Gawain?
a.Gawain killed him
b.Gawain made eyes at his woman
c.Both a and b
d.None of the above
Does the Knight kill Sir Gawain?
a.No, Gawain runs him through with his sword
b.Yes
c.No, he has a vision of Arthur telling him not to
d.No, but he does wound him
1.) What was Arthur's response to his "vision"?
ReplyDeletea- He woke the next day and was a better man
b- He summoned his advisors and commissioned a treaty with his enemy.
c- He started going to church every Sunday
d- He hurriedly killed Sir Modred in fear
2.) Why was Rthur angry with Sir Bedivere?
a- He failed to support his king in his last minutes
b- He asked one the beautiful ladies in the water for their number
c- He failed twice to obey his order to throw his sword in the water
d- He stole Excalibur, hoping to benefit his fighting techniques
3.) Why was Sir Gawain's courage questioned?(The Green Knight)
a- He began to mumble a prayer before his death
b- He asked the Knight to poison him instead of a gory death
c- He flinched when on the verge on death, by ax
d- His wife put herself in danger for him
4.) What does doughty mean?
a- fearful
b- courageous
c- questionable
d- ridiculous
5.) Why was the Green Knight disappointed with Sir Gawain?
a- Sir Gawain killed his master
b- In childhood Sir Gawain ridiculed him for his lack of fighting techniques
c- His loyalty was questionable
d- He committed adultery with the Green Knight's wife
6.)What most likely happened to Arthur after his legendary death?
a- He became a merman
b- He was rewarded for his courage by being placed in the stars
c- He came back from the dead to help his soldiers one last time
d- He is now buried in a tomb, transported their by the water lady creatures
Oh snap, I guess we have to do 6 questions each? I thought it was split between the two people...
ReplyDelete4. What would have been the knight's punishment if the Queen had not stepped in?
A) He would have be tortured.
B) He would have been beheaded.
C) He would have been let free.
D) His first daughter would be taken away.
5. How long does the knight have to complete his quest to find the answer to the Queen's question?
A) A baker's dozen of days.
B) Until the full moon shone three times.
C) He gets to ask a maximum of one woman a day for three hundred days.
D) A year and one day.
6. What must the knight do for the old woman after being allowed to keep his life?
A) Give her money.
B) Marry her.
C) Buy her a castle.
D) Give her an everlasting fire which is more trustworthy than he is.
In The Pardoner's Tale...
ReplyDelete1. What was the inspiration for pursing the death figure?
a- it provided an adventure for the drunken men
b- the tavern-knave offered money
c- it had killed many, especially in the plague
d- the figure had taunted the men before
2. What is the old man accused of?
a- acting as an accomplice to death
b- not buying the men alcohol
c- unauthorized pilgrimage to India
d- trying to avoid death at all costs
3. The wickedest of the men proposes to do what with the found treasure?
a- offer it as a bargain to death
b- return it to the owner
c- keep it a hidden secret among themselves
d- invest the money
4. The two men compose a plan to
a- divide the bread and wine between the three
b- find death and bargain with the money
c- hide the money
d- kill the third and split the money between them
5. What problem does the youngest man claim to the apothecary?
a- criminals who are threatening his life
b- rats and a polecat about his yard
c- rodents destroying his house
d- guys who are attempting to cheat him out of money
6. How does the pardoner attempt to sell pardons?
a- tell of his relics and sound credentials
b- use the Knight as a demonstration of his abilities
c- tell of how he gave pardons to the three men before their death
d- use flyers
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ReplyDelete1) What was Midas?
ReplyDeletea. A man with dog ears; everything that he touched became platinum
b. A woman with frog ears; everything she touched died
c. A man with donkey ears; everything that he touched became gold
d. A man with a donkey’s head with whom Titania fell in love with
2) What is a “maidenhead”?
a. any of the women who stand behind the bride and wish they were as pretty as her
b. a mountain top
c. a woman’s virginity
d. Head is a country where toys are mass produced
3) What was the liver considered in the Wife of Bath’s time period?
a. a body part that one could damage by drinking too much alcohol
b. a tool in a toolbox much like a screwdriver
c. the center of love and other emotions
d. an instrument that is still used in Vietnam
4) Which of the following had a double-meaning in context:
a. “every tree”
b. “lusty liver”
c. “lose his head”
d. “filth and old age… are powerful wardens over chastity”
5) What happens at the end of the Wife of Bath’s tale?
a. the woman becomes even old and fouler smelling
b. the woman turns into the Wicked Witch of the West
c. the husband finds out he has made it to third base with a man
d. the woman becomes young and the husband and her “hug” each other
6) What does the old woman explain that the husband is NOT?
a. manly
b. manly enough
c. a gentleman
d. good-smelling
e. tasty
7) What does the Wife of Bath say that women (at least herself) cannot keep?
a. secrets
b. their virginity
c. score
d. up
8) What kind of woman does the Wife of Bath seem like? (from her own dialogue)
a. a fun-loving, submissive, pushover
b. a man
c. a strong-willed cougar who would like to share, if not, have control of her husband’s money
d. a seducing seductress
e. a mix between Scylla and Circe