V4 Literature: Robin Hood & Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

V4 Week 40 Medieval Literature 3: Robin Hood

Alquin p. 40 and 41.
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V4 Week 40 Medieval Literature 3: Robin Hood

Alquin p. 40 and 41.

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Geoffrey Chaucer
Read the information in your Alquin reader
p. 42-51

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Program
- Read Alquin and answer the classes prior to class
- Literature: Robin Hood and Geoffrey Chaucer

Literature preparatory test next week! 
Week 42 is the Literature test!

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Robin Hood

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Slide 6 - Video

What does the sheriff mean by "horn-beasts" in stanza 20?
A
cattle
B
horse
C
pig
D
bull

Slide 7 - Quiz

In stanza 24, what does Robin Hood mean by the phrase?
But when that a little further they came,
Bold Robin he chanced to spy
A hundred head of good red deer,
Come tapping the sheriff full nigh.

Slide 8 - Open question

What is meant by "good free land" in stanza 21?
A
Buckingham Palace
B
Nottingham
C
London
D
Sherwood

Slide 9 - Quiz

In which stanza is it made clear that the sheriff does not realize whom he is dealing with?
A
22
B
23
C
24
D
25

Slide 10 - Quiz

Indicate the lines in which it is made clear that the sheriff feels cheated.

Slide 11 - Open question

How does Robin Hood alert his followers to the fact that they should reveal themselves?
A
Whistling
B
Bow and arrow
C
Three short trumpet blasts
D
Calling out their names

Slide 12 - Quiz

How does Little John respond in the last two lines of stanza 28?
A
He says that with the sheriff’s money they can drink all day long.
B
that he will honestly pay
C
That they will get 300 pound
D
That he is welcome

Slide 13 - Quiz

Which words in the final stanza make it clear that Robin Hood has the situation firmly under control?

Slide 14 - Open question

Which of the following characteristics of a ballad are absent from this poem?
A
a simple storyline
B
an ABCB rhyme pattern
C
superstition and supernatural elements
D
repetition/refrain

Slide 15 - Quiz

What might be the moral of the story of Robin Hood be?

Slide 16 - Open question

The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer

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Slide 18 - Video

In the Middle Ages, people believed that a person's appearance said a lot about their character. What does Chaucer expect us to conclude about Miller's character?
(Multiple answers possible)
A
Tall, good looking
B
an ugly warty nose, a big mount, and a short, fat body
C
a knight in shining armor
D
a blemished appearance

Slide 19 - Quiz

Is the initial impression given by the description in the General Prologue reinforced by the rest of the passage? Explain your answer.

Slide 20 - Open question

How does Nicholas manage to persuade Alison to become his lover? (Multiple answers possible)
A
When her husband is away, he grabs her and tries to kiss her.
B
When she resists, he threatens to blackmail her.
C
She threatens to scream, but doesn’t actually do so.
D
When her husband is away, she grabs him and tries to kiss him.

Slide 21 - Quiz

How is the description of the Miller in keeping with his role? Why does one expect this type of behavior from him?

Slide 22 - Open question

Slide 23 - Video

What is the book about, which the Wife of Bath's fifth husband is reading to her?
A
faithful women
B
sinful women
C
heroic women
D
a widow

Slide 24 - Quiz

Why does it annoy her that her husband is reading the book to her?

Slide 25 - Open question

How does the Wife of Bath get her own way?

Slide 26 - Open question

What is the outcome?

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A

Slide 28 - Quiz

In Chaucer's time, society was extremely dynamic; people were not confined to the class into which they were born. Are there signs of this in the tale?

Remember that the Wife of Bath was married off for the first time at the age of 12 to a much older man, while her 4th and 5th husbands were significantly younger (and poorer) than she.

Slide 29 - Open question

How does the Wife of Bath's own ideas about marriage and the relationship between man and woman resurface in the last part of her tale?
A
She finally found the right husband who treated her equally
B
She submitted to her husband completely
C
He repeatedly hit her and she did nothing
D
The man submitting to his wife’s will

Slide 30 - Quiz

Why does the knight eventually leave the choice up to his wife? (Multiple answers possible)
A
She doesn't want to lose him.
B
He is willing to let her have her way.
C
She has doubts if she wants to remain with him.
D
He is stuck with a woman he doesn’t want

Slide 31 - Quiz

In the Middle Ages, women were often portrayed as willful, sensual and a bad influence on men. How is this reflected in passages 1220, 1225, 1230 and 1235?

Slide 32 - Open question

Remember...
... to bring your Alquin reader and Reading Comprehension booklet to class next week.
... to prepare  for your Literature test in Week 42
Use as extra reading comprehension possibilities Eindexamensite 


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