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Medieval Literature and Culture

The home of Chaucer’s royal patron and friend, John of Gaunt, was burned duringthe Peasants’ Revolt of 138. What events led to this revolt ?

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The home of Chaucer’s royal patron and friend, John of Gaunt, was burned duringthe Peasants’ Revolt of 138. What events led to this revolt ?

A. Government policies were incorrectly based on the idea that the rich would help the poor survive.
B. The high rates of the poll tax were considered unfair.
C. Peasants were jointly united against the pattern of upper-class harassments
D. All of these answers

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In the first decades after the Norman Conquest, which of the following best describes the use of language in England ?

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In the first decades after the Norman Conquest, which of the following best describes the use of language in England ?

A. The conquered English quickly studied French.
B. The French conquerors learned English in order to be able to govern well.
C. Latin became a common language for interaction between the two groups.
D. Most of the English population went on speaking English with French used mostly among the upper-ruling class.

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In Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion, what is the significance of trouthe ?

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In Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion, what is the significance of trouthe ?

A. Trouthe represents the supernatural aspects of the medieval romance.
B. Trouthe alludes to the British conversion
from paganism to Christianity.
C. Trouthe emphasizes the positive side of feudalism.
D. Trouthe suggests the imminent return to a pre-feudal social organization.

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Complete the following statement. Chaucer wrote his elegiac poem, “The Book of the Duchess,” to praise the young Duchess of Lancaster who tragically died of___________________?

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Complete the following statement. Chaucer wrote his elegiac poem, “The Book of the Duchess,” to praise the young Duchess of Lancaster who tragically died of___________________?

A. the Black Plague.
B. unrequited love for John of Gaunt.
C. drowning in the Thames.
D. childbirth.

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What was the focus of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae ?

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What was the focus of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae ?

A. The life and poems of Caedmon
B. The conversion of Britain from paganism
C. The early years of William the Conqueror
D. The tales of King Arthur

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Which of the following characteristics are not essential to knightly chivalry as described by Chretien de Troyes ?

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Which of the following characteristics are not essential to knightly chivalry as described by Chretien de Troyes ?

A. The knight is religious.
B. The knight is submissive to his lad.
C. The knight is dedicated to his feudal lord.
D. The knight is blond, tall, and elegant.

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Why was the alliterative revival associated with nationalism and nostalgia ?

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Why was the alliterative revival associated with nationalism and nostalgia ?

A. The stories of King Arthur made all English people nostalgic.
B. Metrical poetry simply got boring.
C. Alliterative poetry was much easier to write.
D. Alliterative poetry was associated with a world before the French influence, a world before the Conquest

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