Category: Medieval Literature and Culture

A. a method of communication used solely by the early Church
B. the spreading of material by word of mouth
C. a mode of communication used mainly after the rise of literacy
D. a method of communication that became prominent at the end of the Middle Ages

A. The defeat of the English at the hands of the Vikings in 991
B. The First Crusade in the 11th-century
C. The Second Crusade in the 12thcentury
D. The Norman Conquest in 1066

A. The Hundred Years War
B. The Great Schism
C. The Black Plague
D. All of these answers

A. “Lanval”
B. “La Fresne”
C. “Bisclavert”
D. “Equitan”

A. invasions from barbarian tribes
B. financial deficits from increased military expenditures
C. falling birth rates
D. All of the Above

A. Priests died in great numbers.
B. Rent prices increased because of the market boom.
C. The upper classes were burdened by their monopoly of scarce resources.
D. Chaucer wrote no direct descriptions.

A. A pause or break in a line of poetry
B. Giving inanimate objects human qualities
C. A metaphorical compound
D. The image used to share qualities in a metaphor or simile

A. “The Seafarer”
B. “Everyman”
C. “The Second Shepherds’ Play”
D. “The Dream of the Rood”

A. This line suggests that Britain was the most important place in the medieval world.
B. This line suggests that good kings are rewarded by God.
C. This line suggests that Arthur was beloved by the English, because he was good.
D. This line suggests the elegance necessary for the feudal king to display being at the top of the economic hierarchy.

A. The mock epic
B. The lyric ballad
C. The lai
D. The heroic epic