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Exeter Poems & Canterbury Tales

Quiz by Katie Kendall

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  • Q1
    In "The Seafarer", what causes the seafarer to keep returning to the sea?
    own inner need to return
    need to earn a living
    belief in God and Fate
    lack of pleasure on land
    20s
  • Q2
    The imagery creates what kind of mood in "The Seafarer"?
    bleak desolation
    general terror
    mild unpleasantness
    invigorating change
    20s
  • Q3
    You can tell that the wanderer in "The Wanderer" most keenly feels loss of his lord when he...
    dreams deeply with longing
    sails endlessly in exile
    imagines kneeling before a throne
    remembers seeing his kinsmen killed
    20s
  • Q4
    The first half of "The Wanderer" suggests he lives in an emotional state of...
    fear and dread
    agonized silence
    focused anger
    patient acceptance
    20s
  • Q5
    What does the 2nd half of "The Wanderer" explain?
    fame, fortune, and life are fleeting
    life at sea is the same as life with God
    The Wanderer must learn to fear God
    he now speaks from heaven
    20s
  • Q6
    In "The Wife's Lament," who sent the speaker to the place she now lives?
    God
    her husband's family
    an unknown man
    her husband
    20s
  • Q7
    What evidence in "The Wife's Lament" shows her husband turned against her?
    she bears her husband's anger
    the husband left to go to sea
    he misses his happy home
    he commanded her to live in the earth
    20s
  • Q8
    What do the images of the woman's home in "The Wife's Lament" bring to mind?
    cold darkness
    bitter dampness
    rocky dryness
    frosty emptiness
    20s
  • Q9
    The speakers in the Exeter poems express
    deep despair & loneliness
    desire to be reunited with loved ones
    the fear of God and His wrath
    the need for earthly fellowship
    20s
  • Q10
    I like to entertain and my table is always full of food. Who am I?
    Nun
    Knight
    Parson
    Franklin
    20s
  • Q11
    I have never lost a battle, and I follow the code of chivalry. Who am I?
    Knight
    Pardoner
    Franklin
    Friar
    20s
  • Q12
    Even though I'm in training to be a knight, I still enjoy playing my flute, singing, and dancing. Who am I?
    Squire
    Narrator
    King
    Knight
    20s
  • Q13
    I sell "holy" relics, like pig bones to poor people who don't know any better. Who am I?
    Summoner
    Pardoner
    Franklin
    Friar
    20s
  • Q14
    People would describe me as having a gap-tooth smile and one who wears expensive clothing. Who am I?
    Monk
    Wife of Bath
    Nun
    Carpenter
    20s
  • Q15
    I blackmail people in the church, have horrible breath, and pimples. The ladies at court love me. Who am I?
    Pardoner
    Summoner
    Monk
    Franklin
    20s

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