Exeter Poems & Canterbury Tales
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- Q1In "The Seafarer", what causes the seafarer to keep returning to the sea?own inner need to returnneed to earn a livingbelief in God and Fatelack of pleasure on land20s
- Q2The imagery creates what kind of mood in "The Seafarer"?bleak desolationgeneral terrormild unpleasantnessinvigorating change20s
- Q3You can tell that the wanderer in "The Wanderer" most keenly feels loss of his lord when he...dreams deeply with longingsails endlessly in exileimagines kneeling before a throneremembers seeing his kinsmen killed20s
- Q4The first half of "The Wanderer" suggests he lives in an emotional state of...fear and dreadagonized silencefocused angerpatient acceptance20s
- Q5What does the 2nd half of "The Wanderer" explain?fame, fortune, and life are fleetinglife at sea is the same as life with GodThe Wanderer must learn to fear Godhe now speaks from heaven20s
- Q6In "The Wife's Lament," who sent the speaker to the place she now lives?Godher husband's familyan unknown manher husband20s
- Q7What evidence in "The Wife's Lament" shows her husband turned against her?she bears her husband's angerthe husband left to go to seahe misses his happy homehe commanded her to live in the earth20s
- Q8What do the images of the woman's home in "The Wife's Lament" bring to mind?cold darknessbitter dampnessrocky drynessfrosty emptiness20s
- Q9The speakers in the Exeter poems expressdeep despair & lonelinessdesire to be reunited with loved onesthe fear of God and His wraththe need for earthly fellowship20s
- Q10I like to entertain and my table is always full of food. Who am I?NunKnightParsonFranklin20s
- Q11I have never lost a battle, and I follow the code of chivalry. Who am I?KnightPardonerFranklinFriar20s
- Q12Even though I'm in training to be a knight, I still enjoy playing my flute, singing, and dancing. Who am I?SquireNarratorKingKnight20s
- Q13I sell "holy" relics, like pig bones to poor people who don't know any better. Who am I?SummonerPardonerFranklinFriar20s
- Q14People would describe me as having a gap-tooth smile and one who wears expensive clothing. Who am I?MonkWife of BathNunCarpenter20s
- Q15I blackmail people in the church, have horrible breath, and pimples. The ladies at court love me. Who am I?PardonerSummonerMonkFranklin20s