Medieval History and Literature Test–3rd and 4th periods – Flashcards
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Repeated phrases or lines usually between verses
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refrain
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Because of the bubonic plague (black death), there were massive labor shortages in which class of people? (and this led to an increased value of their work)
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serfs/peasants
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True or False? The ballad is often presented as dialogues or conversations.
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true
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The nobility began paying workers in cash, which gave the workers more ______.
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freedom
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Two lines which usually rhyme
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couplet
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This was the test that the guild set for journeymen before they could open up their own business. This was one piece of work to show that they were fit to open up their own shop
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masterpiece
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They worked the land
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serfs/peasants
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phrases that are repeated in many ballads; cliches
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ballad commonplace
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True or False? The author of the ballad is usually unknown.
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true
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This is a social, economic, political, and military system from the Middle Ages.
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feudalism
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Four lines, usually with abab rhyme scheme
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quatrains
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became king in 1066
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William the Conqueror
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True or False? The plots of ballads are usually simple.
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True
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Who paid taxes to king and supplied knights to king?
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lords
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This spread quickly in towns because of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions.
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bubonic plague (black death)
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The person who owned all the land
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king
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The action moves rapidly through some events but slowly through others
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leaping and lingering
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Because towns became important, _____was no longer restricted to land ownership which was a privilege of only the nobility.
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wealth
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A recurring theme or idea
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motif
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They received small parcels of land called manors from lords
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knights
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These people served the lords and provided the lords with military protection.
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knights
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A folksong that tells a story
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ballad
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The repetition of lines or refrains in a ballad with a new bit of information added each time to advance the story
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incremental repetition
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In a medieval guild, a student passed through 3 stages to get to the top of the guild (become members) so that they would be able to trade in a town:
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an apprentice, a journeyman, and then a master
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There are five multiple choice questions for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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Study your questions for this story!
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There are six multiple choice questions for "The Lady of Shalott."
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Study your questions for this poem!
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There are five multiple choice questions for the three ballads that we read: "Get Up and Bar the Door," "Lord Randall," and "Barbara Allen."
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Look over your chart for them.
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There are five multiple choice questions for Morte d' Arthur.
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Look over your questions for them.
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Short Answer question: Explain the true reason for the Green Knight's test for Sir Gawain (the contests and the meeting at the Green Chapel) AND why he still considered Sir Gawain to be the most perfect of knights.
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Look at your Gawain questions!
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Short Answer question: Identify at least three of the traits of a medieval romance and give an example of those characteristics from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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Look at the chart on the Gawain questions!
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Imagine that you are one of the first citizens of England to read Le Morte d'Arthur and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight when they were first published in the 1400s. How accurate do you find the portrait of life in your time? Use your knowledge of the Middle Ages as well as your reading of the selections.
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Look at your Gawain questions and any history notes that you have.
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Short Answer question: Briefly draw what happens in each part of "The Lady of Shalott." Remember that there are 4 sections of the poem, so draw what happens in each section.
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Look at your "The Lady of Shalott" questions.
