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SALTBritishLit2
Study Helps for British Lit Unit 2 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which form of literature reacted primarily against the external threat to society? | Old English |
| Whom does Wycliffe cite in his attack on wealthy, worldly clergymen? | Bernard of Clairvaux |
| Which dynasty claimed descent from Arthur? | Tudor |
| Which author was born into the middle class, rose in ranks of aristocracy and nobility, successfully used satire, had insight into human nature and social institutions, and his social conservatism stayed strong in his later years? | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Which form of literature sought to remedy the internal threat to society? | Middle English |
| Who taught that the primary requirement for clergy is a godly lifestyle? | Wycliffe |
| Which pilgrim was described using the understatement "was not undergrown, as all could see"? | Prioress |
| Which event is associated with the end of the Middle Ages? | ascension of Henry VII to the throne |
| Which legend has influences from the French, Welsh and English? | King Arthur |
| Which writer is associated with the movements of nationalism, scholasticism and Lollardism? | Wycliffe |
| During the fourteenth century, which language took on both French and Latin additions? | English |
| Which writers most influenced English medieval poets who wrote for sophisticated audiences? | French |
| Which element in "The Nun's Priest's Tale" alludes to the Biblical story of man's fall? | the reference to March |
| Chaucer originally planned to write about how many stories? | 120 |
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