eQuizShow
Brit Lit - Middle Ages
Who's Who
Question: Which author's last name means "shoemaker" in French.
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
Question: Who was shot in the eye with an arrow and died in the Battle of Hastings?
Answer: Harold Godwinson
Question: Who became king of England after the Battle of Hastings?
Answer: William of Normandy
Question: Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215
Answer: King John
Question: Who was King John's brother who fought in the Crusades?
Answer: Richard the Lion-Hearted
Who Wrote That?
Question: Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer
Question: Who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
Answer: We don't know.
Question: Who translated the version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight that we read in class?
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien
Question: Who wrote the ballad "Barbara Allan"?
Answer: We don't know.
Question: Who wrote Le Morte d'Arthur?
Answer: Sir Thomas Malory
Le Mot Juste
Question: What is the literary term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
Answer: Alliteration
Question: What is the literary term for the continuation of a sentence beyond the end of the line without a pause?
Answer: Enjambment.
Question: What is the word that means "in the ordinary language of the people"?
Answer: Vernacular.
Question: What word comes from the French and literally means to "cover the fire"?
Answer: Curfew
Question: What is "reading a passage and rewriting it using your own words, being careful not to use wording that is close to the original, having the finished paraphrase be about the same length as the original" called?
Answer: Paraphrasing
Parlez-vous?
Question: What language did William bring with him when he conquered England?
Answer: Norman French
Question: During England's Middle Ages Period, what was the language of the church and of scholars?
Answer: Latin
Question: After 1066, what was the prestige language in England?
Answer: French
Question: What were the three languages of England during the Middle Ages?
Answer: Anglo-Saxon, French, and Latin
Question: The Anglo-Saxon word for an animal referred to the animal when it was here -- in contrast to the French word for the animal, which was used when the animal became this?
Answer: Anglo-Saxon - the animal in the field
French - the animal served as meat on the table
A Little Context, Please
Question: What are the dates for the Medieval Period in England?
Answer: 1066-1485
Question: Why is 1066 an important date in British History?
Answer: It's the date for the Battle of Hastings/Norman Invasion.
Question: Why is 1485 an important date?
Answer: Henry VII became king
Question: This war was fought between England and France between 1337 and 1453.
Answer: The Hundred Years' War
Question: This war was fought between the house of Lancaster and the house of York and ended in 1485 when Henry VII, a Lancastrian, killed Richard III and became king.
Answer: The War of the Roses.