English 4 From the middle ages questions and answers (100%)
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In the Middle Ages, Christians were expected to visit a priest yearly to offer ans: confessions
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.
"God's arms!" exclaimed one of these debauchees,
"Is the fellow then so dangerous to me...
English 4 From the middle ages
In the Middle Ages, Christians were expected to visit a priest yearly to offer ans: confessions
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.
"God's arms!" exclaimed one of these debauchees,
"Is the fellow then so dangerous to meet?
In highways and in byways, street by street,
I'll seek him out, I vow it on God's bones.
Now listen, fellows: let us three be one,
Each of us hold his hand up to the other,
And each of us become the other's brother,
And we will kill this black betrayer, Death,
And kill the killer, by God's holy breath,
And that before the sun goes down on us!"
Which statement best describes how the speaker in the excerpt is characterized? ans: He is
impassioned and persuasive.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.
In Flanders there was once a company
Of youngsters wedded to such sin and folly
As gaming, dicing, brothels, and taverns,
Where, night and day, with harps, lutes, and citherns,
They spend their time in dicing and in dancing,
Eating and drinking more than they can carry;
And with these abominable excesses
They offer up the vilest sacrifices . . .
Which word best characterizes the young people in this passage? ans: immoral
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.
Thus I know how to preach against the vice
Which masters me—and that is avarice.
Though I myself am guilty of the sin,
I know how to make other people turn
From avarice, and bitterly repent.
Which word best characterizes the Pardoner in this passage? ans: hypocritical
, Which statements are examples of characterization? Check all that apply. ans: "I don't think
your joke is funny," she huffed, glowering at her friend.
The tardy bell rang, but he sauntered to class unconcerned.
She waited patiently as she carefully adjusted the telescope.
Read the excerpt from The Pardoner's Tale in The Canterbury Tales.
And it fell to the youngest of them all,
And he set off at once towards the town.
And thereupon, so soon as he was gone,
One of the two who stayed said to the other:
"You know, of course, that you are my sworn brother.
I'll tell you something that you won't lose by.
As you can see, our friend has gone away,
And here is gold, and that in greatest plenty,
All waiting to be split between us three.
How would it be, if I can work it so
That it is only shared between us two,
Wouldn't I be doing you a friendly turn?"
How does Chaucer characterize the young man speaking in this passage? ans: as deceitful
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.
I only preach of avarice and the like,
And in this way induce them to be free
In giving cash—especially to me.
Because my only interest is in gain;
I've none whatever in rebuking sin.
How does the excerpt satirize the Church? ans: by exaggerating the greedy nature of the clergy
Which descriptions portray a chivalric hero? Check all that apply. ans: one who risks his life to
protect his lord
one who fulfills a promise to the queen
one who upholds strict moral values
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
They went on staring at the knight for some time,
Everyone wondering what it might mean
For a man and a horse to acquire such a color,
As green as the grass grows, and greener still, it seemed,
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