ENG 261 Midterm

Lord Bercilak

The name of the person who becomes the Green Knight

Nephew

Gawains family relationship to King Arthur

Gringolet

Name of Gawains horse

Pentangle

Image on the outside of Gawains shield

The Virgin Mary

image on the inside of Gawains shield

green girdle

gift from the lady who tempts Gawain

it will save his life

Gawain accepts the lady gift because he believes

Morgan le Fay

name of sorceress behind the Green Knight

Camelot

Name of King Arthur's court

deer, boar, fox

the three hunted animals

Mead Hall

Heorot" is the name of a

Geat

Beowulf is a

Arm

Beowulf tears off Grendels

Danes

Hrothgar is the king of the

Sword

Hrunting" is the name of a

unferth

Beowulf engages on a boasting match with this character

Wiglaf

the name of the one man who helps Beowulf slay the dragon

Head

Beowulf slays Grendels mom by slicing off her

treasure

for 300 years the dragon protected his

a slave theft of a gold cup

the dragons rampage, leading to Beowulf's death, was started by

worship at the Shrine of St. Thomas Becket

the pilgrims are traveling to Canterbury in order to

sovereignty over their husbands

according to the wife of bath, this is what women most desire

nicholas

this character is branded by a hot coulter

the millers tale

this tale is a fablieau

the prioress

this pilgrim wears a brooch with the Latin inscription meaning "Love Conquers All

Aurelius

this character is given an "impossible" task to win Dorigen

clear rocks from a sea coast

the "impossible task" facing the suitor of Dorigen

the prioress

this character has elegant manners

the parson

this character is noted as a "Good Shepherd

estates Satire

the general prologue is an example of

pageant wagon

a medieval theatre

thirteener

rhyming pattern of "Second Shepherds" play

good deeds

everymans true friend

new-born baby

mak and gill pretend a stolen sheep in their house is a

death

gods messenger to everyman

puppy

NOT one of the shepherds gift

allegorical plays about the conflict between salvation and damnation

morality play

cycle play

second shepherds play is an example of

the Wakefield master

author of the second shepherds play

good deeds

who/what will not forsake everyman

geometry

not one of the disciplines Faustus renounces

Cornelius and valdes

they tutor Faustus in magic

robin and rafe

mimics Faustus practice in magic

boxes his ears

what Faustus does when he encounters the pope

has a rack of horns placed on his head

wha Faustus does to the knight who heckles him

turns his horse into a bale of hay

what Faustus does to the horse courser

Helen of troy

Faustus wants her to make him immortal with a kiss

despair

Faustus' final sin

his blood congeals

what happens when Faustus attempts to sign his contract with mephastophilis

a Franciscan friar

when the sign of Mephastophilis repulses Faustus, he tells him to return dressed as a

st. george

RCK discovers late in his journey that he is going to become

duessa

fidessa's real name

gloriana

RCK's journey is done at the behest of

a dwarf

RCK's trusty sidekick is

king Arthur

this character slays Orgoglio

a withered hag

Duessa is, in reality

lucifera

she is the "hostess" in the House of Pride

Caelia

she is the "hostess" in the house of Holiness

Fradubio

this character is transformed into a tree

sansloy

this character does NOT befriend Una