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Medieval Trivia and Not so Trivial Test Review

Medieval Trivia and Not so Trivial Test Review. 1. What year marks the official beginning of the medieval period? . Answer. 1066. 2. Who invaded England in 1066?. Answer. William the Conqueror from Normandy. 3. What language did William the Conqueror bring to England?. Answer. French.

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Medieval Trivia and Not so Trivial Test Review

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  1. Medieval Trivia and Not so Trivial Test Review

  2. 1. • What year marks the official beginning of the medieval period?

  3. Answer • 1066

  4. 2 • Who invaded England in 1066?

  5. Answer • William the Conqueror from Normandy

  6. 3 • What language did William the Conqueror bring to England?

  7. Answer • French

  8. 4 • What governmental, social, and military system did William the Conqueror bring to England?

  9. Answer • Fuedalism

  10. Question 5 • What was the code of behavior expected of knights called?

  11. Answer • Chivalry

  12. Question 6 • What three loyalties did a knight have?

  13. Answer • God • Country (or king) • Lady

  14. 7 • What was the purpose of the crusades?

  15. Answer • To reclaim the holy lands from the “infidels.”

  16. 8 • Name three causes for the end of feudalism

  17. Answer • Bubonic plague that killed ¼ of the population, creating a demand for skilled laborers and therefore a rise in middle class • Conversion to money system over land • Invention of the long bow and gunpowder that could penetrate the armor of a knight

  18. 9 • How was the Bubonic Plague spread?

  19. Answer • Through flea-bitten rats

  20. 10 • Who wrote Morted’Arthur?

  21. Answer • Thomas Malory

  22. 11 • Who was involved in the love triangle in MorteD’Arthur?

  23. Answer • King Arthur • Guenevere • Lancelot

  24. 12 • How did Sir Lucan show his loyalty to Arthur?

  25. Answer • He moved the wounded Arthur causing his own death.

  26. 13 • What terrible coincidence caused the fighting between Mordred and Arthur’s men?

  27. Answer • A knight raising his sword to kill a snake

  28. 14 • Who appeared to Arthur in a dream, warning him that he should delay the battle against Mordred?

  29. Answer • Gawain

  30. 15 • Who of Arthur’s knights throws Excalibur into the lake?

  31. Answer • Sir Bedevere

  32. 16 • How did Sir Gawain show that he was imperfect?

  33. Answer • He accepted the green sash from the lady of the castle

  34. 17 • The Green Knight was also which other character in the romance?

  35. Answer • The lord of the castle

  36. 18 • Name the three animals that the lord of the castle hunted

  37. Answer • 1. deer • 2. boar • 3. fox

  38. 19 • Who were Mordred’s parents?

  39. Answer • Arthur and Morgause (his half sister)

  40. 20 • Name two ballads that are in question/ answer format.

  41. Answer • “Lord Randall” • “Edward, Edward” • “Ballad of Birmingham”

  42. 21 • What is a ballad stanza?

  43. Answer • 4 line stanza, second and fourth lines rhyme

  44. 22 • Which ballad concerns a double suicide? • Which ballad describes a murder of a father? • Which ballad describes unquestioned loyalty to a king?

  45. Answer • “Barbara Allen” • “Edward, Edward” • “Sir Patrick Spense”

  46. 23 • Which ballad concerns poison by a lover? • Which ballad involves a deserted knight’s death? • Which ballad involves a dispute between a husband and wife?

  47. Answer • 1. “Lord Randall” • 2. “Barbara Allen • 3. “TwaCorbies”

  48. 24 • Which ballad concerns a ghostly visit of three sons to their mother?

  49. Answer • “The Ballad of Usher’s Well”

  50. 25 • Name three characteristics of ballads

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