Which line from The Prologue of the Canterbury Tales best indicates that the speaker sees the Monk

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Criticism

Vol. 19, No. 4 (Fall 1977)

, pp. 338-349 (12 pages)

Published By: Wayne State University Press

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23102668

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Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

100

What does vice mean in the following sentence?

Legislatures sometimes pass laws intended to restrain one sort of vice or another.

Bad Habit

100

• What is the simple subject in this sentence:

  The now famous Carl Sandburg was born in 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois.

Carl Sandburg

100

• Which line from “The Prologue” best indicates that the speaker sees the Monk as a particularly able, active man?

A.  “many a dainty horse he had in stable.”

B. “…Who rode the country; hunting was his sport.”

C. “…Poring over books in cloisters?  Must he toil…”

D. “His prominent eyeballs never seemed to settle.”

B

100

• In which of these statements does Sir Gawain argue that he should be the one to accept the challenge?

1. “…If it’s a duel you’re after,/We’ll furnish you your fight.”

2. “…No man under Heaven can hurt him, whoever may try.”

3. “My life would be least missed, if we let our the truth.’”

4. “Therefore if you seek to find me, you shall not fail.”

3

100

• Chaucer uses the description of a pilgrimage primarily as __________.

1. A means to structure his arguments against organized religion.

2. A way to stress his personal desire to spread Christianity.

3. A devise to frame the stories of the individual characters.

4. A metaphor to explain how people change over time.

3

200

What does bequeath mean?

leave

200

What is the simple predicate:

His political beliefs would influence his poetry.

Would influence

200

• Which line from “The Pardoner’s Tale” reveals the Pardoner’s motive for preaching to the masses?

1. “By God, it stands to reason I can strike…”

2. “…Them from it, I can bring them to repent…”

3. “A yokel mind loves stories from of old…”

4. “..And get their silver for the things I teach…”

4

200

• Which line most clearly exemplifies the ideal of chivalry?

1. “And begged him, for her sake, to say not a word and to keep it hidden from her lord.  And he said he would.”

2. B. “If I were clad in armor, high on my horse, you haven’t a man who could match me…”

3. “Sober and thoughtful he stood there and stroked his beard and with patience like a priest’s, he pulled down his collar….”

4. “Then with a rough jerk he turned the reins and haled away through the hall-door, his head in his hand…”

1

200

• Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

1. “And both were bound up with a band of brilliant green…”

2. “Was never once encountered on all this earth…”

3. “And green, too, was the mane of his mighty destrier.”

4. “No breastplate or gorget or iron cleats on his arms…”

1

300

What does devout mean?

Having deep religious feeling or commitment

300

• What is the grammatical term for the underlined portion of this sentence….

Both of his parents, James and Ella, were actors.

appositive

300

• Which statement from “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” best explains why the elves and fairies of King Arthur’s time no longer exist?

1. “Faint was the soul within his sorrowful breast, as home he went, he dared no longer stay.”

2. “Now per adventure some may well suspect a lack of care in me since I neglect…”

3. “The Elf-Queen and her courtiers joined and broke/Their elfin dance on many a green mead..”

4. “[T]he saintly charity and prayer/Of holy friars seem to have purged the air…”

4

300

• Sir Gawain is different from Beowulf in all ways except:

1. Sir Gawain had self-doubt, Beowulf did not.

2. Beowulf was larger than life, Sir Gawain is a “normal” man.

3. Beowulf does not lie to his challenger, Sir Gawain does.

4. Beowulf fought for his country, Sir Gawain fought for another country.

4

300

The process of conveying information about a character by describing his or her appearance, behavior, speech and thoughts.

characterization

400

• What does efficacious mean?

Effective in producing a desired result

400

• The underlined words represent which type of phrase…

Writing twelve one-act plays and two longer works kept him busy for two years.

gerund

400

• Based on “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” which of these would likely be the ideal marriage?

1. One in which the husband is completely submission to the wife

2. One in which the husband and wife are equal partners

3. One in which the wife bears and raises healthy children

4. One in which the wife maintains her physical beauty

1

400

• Which of these statement does the Green Knight say to explain why he visits King Author’s court?

1. “I shall let him have as a present this lovely gisarme…”

2. “And so all I ask of this court is a Christmas game…”

3. “…I come to you in peace, not eager for battle.”

4. “My errand is hardly to sit at ease at your castle!”

2

400

A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning (usually a moral or political one)….

allegory

500

What was doughty mean?

Brave and persistent

500

• The underlined portion represents which type of phrase…

O’Neill worked as a merchant seaman before tuberculosis forced him to rest and educate himself.

infinitive

500

• In “The Pardoner’s Tale,” how does the Pardoner use his story to accumulate wealth for himself?

1. The Pardoner uses lies, fear and deceit (just as the men in the story) to gain wealth.

2. The Pardoner, himself, fears death.

3. The Pardoner is a virtuous man who follows the 10 Commandments.

1

500

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the author is trying to show errors in what medieval code?

The code of chivalry

500

The narrator’s attitude toward the subject matter, the characters, and other elements of the story is …..

tone

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What does the narrator think of the monk?

Which excerpt from the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales best indicates that the Knight is a humble person quizlet?

Which of the following quotations from the Prologue from The Canterbury Tales is the best example of direct characterization?

How does the description of spring in The Canterbury Tales prologue contribute to the narrative that follows quizlet?