Middle Ages Unit TestWednesday, 15Oct08

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Middle Ages Unit Test-Wednesday, 15-Oct-08

• 4 Major Sections
• Middle Ages History (Notes/pp. 94-107)
• Ballads (Notes/pp. 108-112)
• The Canterbury Tales (Notes/pp 120-153-no
  characters)
• Includes Chaucer, The Prologue, and from The
  Pardoners Tale
• from The Day of Destiny from Le Morte dArthur
  (Notes/192-200)

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History

• Dates of the Middle Ages, including how it began
• Feudalism
• The social pyramid (Great Chain of Being)
• Knighthood
• How to become a knight
• What they did/what their code was
• Womens Rights (or lack thereof)
• Courtly Love
• Major Events
• Crusades-what were they?
• The murder of Becket-how and why did it happen

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History

• Major Events (cont.)
• Magna Carta-what is it, what did it do, when was
  it signed
• The Hundred Years War-what was the result, who
  were yeomen?
• The Black Death-how did it help peasants?

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Ballads

• Define ballad
• Know the major characteristics of ballads,
  including the definition of refrain
• Know the plot of both ballads
• Recognize Lord Randall or Get Up and Bar the
  Door from an excerpt of text
• Text now available under on-line resources from
  the website
• Identify the characteristics of ballads in either
  work
• Tell from what class ballads mostly were composed

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The Canterbury Tales

• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Explain the significance of his service to the
  king
• Explain the significance of Chaucer on the
  development of the English language
• Define frame story, pilgrimage, characterization
  (both direct and indirect), exemplum, irony,
  situational irony, verbal irony.
• Know when people go on pilgrimages, how the
  narrator met the pilgrims, and what he is going
  to tell about each of them (in general)

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CTThe Pardoners Tale

• What is a Pardoner? How does Chaucers pardoner
  act in contrast to what we expect?
• Explain how the Pardoner gets people to give him
  money
• Know from whom the Pardoner has no problems
  taking money
• Know the plot of his tale
• Know what happens after the Pardoner ends his tale

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Malory/Le Morte dArthur

• Know the history of Sir Thomas Malory and what we
  do and do not know for sure
• Define romance, romance hero
• Know the plot of Le Morte dArthur
• Explain the significance of the social order that
  Malory portrays versus what is happening during
  that time in history

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Final Notes

• Study your reading guide
• This will probably be your single greatest help
• Also...

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Your Lifeline

• For the unit test, you may have 1 4x6 notecard
• You may put whatever information you want on the
  card to help you with the exam
• You will then attach the card to your exam when
  you are finished