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choose the meaning of the bold (caps) words
1. there was a knight, "a most distinguished man, who from the day on which he first began, to ride abroad had followed chivalry, truth, honor, generousness, and courtesy"
a. knightly way of dressing
b. knightly leisure activities
c. knightly social code
d. knightly travel resteriction
3. then he would shout and jabber as if crazy, / and wouldn’t speak a word except in latin / when he was drunk, such tags as he was pat in; / he only had a few, say two or three, / that he had mugged up out of some decree; / no wonder, for he heard them every day. (the canterbury tales, “the prologue") (1 point)
a. foreign language
b. formal order
c. old book
d. timeless memory
4. and thus i preach against the very vice/ i make my living out of --avarice. (the canterbury tales, "the pardoner's tale'
a. greed
b. important edict
c. weakness of character
d. rule of law
6. he was as good as dead / (it seems that then the statutes took that view) / but that the queen, and other ladies too, /implored the king to excuse his grace… (the canterbury tales, “the wife of bath’s tale") (1 point) written laws royal guards stone sculptures courtly ladies
a. written laws
b. royal guards
c. stone sculptures
d. courtly ladies
8. 'seldom arises by these slender branches / prowess of men, for it is god, no less, / wills us to claim of him our gentleness. (the canterbury tales, “the wife of bath’s tale") (1 point) crowds skills or expertise holiness incompetent
a. crowds
b. skills or expertise
c. holiness
d. incompetent
10. and studied the young man standing there, shoulders hunched,/ and considered that staunch and dought stance he took, / undaunted yet in his heart he liked it. (sir gawain and the green knight )
a. awkward
b. steadfast
c. ridiculous
d. unattractive