Pride in one’s accomplishments was important to the Anglo-Saxon thegn. If so, why does Hrothgar say in Beowulf: do not give way to pride ?

A. Hrothgar believes it is important to stay focused on revenge.
B. Pride is one of the deadly sins.
C. Pride causes one to appear immodest.
D. Extreme pride can cause one to be overly secure and make mistakes.

Between which movements do historians situate literature in the Middle Ages ?

A. English reformation and elizabethan age
B. Civil war and the restoration
C. Roman departure and the renaissance
D. Romanticism and the enlightenment

Which genre is based on interactions between three feudal classes ?

A. Dream poetry
B. Romance
C. Lai
D. Estates satire

Which of the following most accurately explains the Bretons influence on medieval literature ?

A. The bretons roots were in the celtic cultural tradition.
B. Breton literature had a profound effect on medieval literature in england.
C. The bretons represented prominent forces in the norman invasion.
D. All of these answers

Which of the following is the best example of a mystery play ?

A. “the wife of bath’s tale”
B. “the second shepherds’ play”
C. “the knight’s tale”
D. “the dream of the rood”

“The Second Shepherds’ Play” is part of which play cycle ?

A. Cornish cycle
B. York cycle
C. Roman cycle
D. Wakefield cycle

Which of the following is not an example of Arthurian legend ?

A. Geoffrey of monmouth’s historia regum britanniae
B. Julian of norwich’s revelations of divine love
C. Marie de france’s lanval
D. Sir thomas malory’s morte darthur

How did the Norman Conquest affect the international political situation in England ?

A. The norman conquest increased the french influence.
B. The norman conquest marked the last attempt for a scandinavian nation to overtake england.
C. The norman conquest ended cultural interaction with norway and denmark.
D. All of these answers

What does Chaucer write concerning the devastating effect of the Black Death upon English social, cultural, and economic life in “The Canterbury Tales” ?

A. Priests died in great numbers.
B. Rent prices increased because of the market boom.
C. The upper classes were burdened by their monopoly of scarce resources.
D. Chaucer wrote no direct descriptions.

What is the primary focus of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History ?

A. The life of everyday people in the 5th and 6th centuries
B. The conversion of britain to christianity
C. The history of christianity before it reached britain
D. The spread of christianity after the norman conquest