English 6
Quiz #2
Name:_____________________________
Lanval, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Miller's Prologue and Tale & The Wife of
Bath's Prologue and Tale
This week's quiz is an at-home quiz. You may fill in your answers on this sheet or in a new
document. When you have completed your quiz, use the turn it in section of the website to
submit your quiz to me. The quiz is due by 5pm on Sunday 9/23. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Part I: Short Answer
Fill in the best answer for each question below.
1. Lanval is an example of what genre of narrative poem? _________________
2. Lanval makes use of a bob and wheel to close off each verse.
TRUE
FALSE
3. Gawain is the first person to accept the Green Knight's challenge in Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight.
TRUE
FALSE
4. What two things does Gawain accept from the queen while the king is hunting?
____________________________________________________
5. Nicholas in The Miller's Tale convinces John that he has predicted a flood because Nicholas
studies what? ________________________
6. How does Absolon plan to enact revenge against
Alison?_____________________________________
For each quote below, identify the work in which it appears:
7. For that noble princess pushed him and pressed him,
nudged him ever nearer to a limit where he needed
to allow her love or impolitely reject it.
He was careful to be courteous and avoid uncouthness,
and more so for the sake of his soul should he sin
and be counted a betrayer by the keeper of the castle. _______________________________
8. "I am sure you don't care for such pleasure; / people have often told me / that you have no
interest in women. / You have fin-looking boys with whom you enjoy yourself."
_______________________________
9. "In wifhood wol I use myn instrument / As freely as my Makere hath it sent. / If I be
daungerous, God yive me sorwe; / Myn husband shal it han both eve and worwe."
___________________________________
10. Who is being described in the quote below? ______________________________
"[...]he was somdeel squaimous / Of farting, and of speeche daungerous."
Part 2:
Answer each question below in a paragraph or so. (Please note, these are not intended to be
essay questions.)
1. What is the Wife of Bath's argument about marriage and the position each sex should hold
within marriage? How does she support or try to prove her position? Use at least one direct
quotation to support your answer. Remember to use a "quote sandwich" to properly integrate
your quotation.
2. Do you think that Gawain upholds his "great truth" (2470) in the end of Sir Gawain and the
Green Knight or do you believe that he should wear the girdle "as a sign that his honor was
stained by sin" (2488)? Why?