Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales . There was also a nun, a prioress, Whose smile was unaffected and demure; Her greatest oath was just, "By St. Eloi!” And she was known as Madame Eglantine. She sang the divine service prettily, And through the nose, becomingly intoned; And she spoke French well and elegantly As she’d been taught it at Stratford-at-Bow, For French of Paris was to her unknown. Good table manners she had learnt as well: She never let a crumb from her mouth fall; She never soiled her fingers, dipping deep Into the sauce; when lifting to her lips Some morsel, she was careful not to spill So much as one small drop upon her breast. Her greatest pleasure was in etiquette. Based on this description of the nun, what conclusion can be drawn about the narrator?
Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales . She was so full of charity and pity That if she saw a mouse caught in a trap, And it was dead or bleeding, she would weep. She kept some little dogs, and these she fed On roast meat, or on milk and fine white bread. But how she’d weep if one of them were dead, Or if somebody took a stick to it! She was all sensitivity and tender heart. Her veil was pleated most becomingly; Her nose well-shaped; eyes blue-grey, of great beauty; And her mouth tender, very small, and red. And there’s no doubt she had a fine forehead, Almost a span in breadth, I’d swear it was, For certainly she was not undersized. How is the nun characterized in this excerpt?
Read the passage from Everyman . EVERYMAN: Alack! shall we thus depart indeed? Our Lady, help, without any more comfort, Lo, Fellowship forsaketh me in my most need . . . In the passage, the author develops the character of Everyman through
Which excerpt from Everyman best represents how Everyman is characterized overall in the passage?
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England . Sir Thomas Elyot is worth listening to on this subject. Although he is a layman and not a physician, his book, The Castel of Health, proves hugely influential—it goes into its sixteenth edition in 1595. He declares that mutton is the most wholesome meat you can eat and that fish is not so good because it thins the blood. He also thinks that spices and vegetables are bad for you. Why does the author use the second-person point of view in this excerpt?
Read the passage from Response to Erik of Sweden. It seems strange for your Serene Highness to write that you understand from your brother and your ambassadors that we have entirely determined not to marry an absent husband; and that we shall give you no certain reply until we shall have seen your person. In the passage, Elizabeth appeals to the Prince of Sweden's
Read the passage from Sophie’s paper on Response to Erik of Sweden. Student Work Although Queen Elizabeth is polite, she also seems a bit annoyed. For example, she says, "It seems strange for your Serene Highness to write that you understand from your brother and your ambassadors that we have entirely determined not to marry an absent husband; and that we shall give you no certain reply until we shall have seen your person.” By including the quote, Sophie is
Which sentence from Response to Erik of Sweden best summarizes Queen Elizabeth's purpose for writing the letter?
Read the sentence from a paper on Elizabethan Women. Highborn Elizabethan women lived difficult, suffocating lives with many rules and few choices. In the sentence, the writer describes
Anita was instructed to summarize Elizabethan Women. In order to do so, she should make sure the language she uses in her summary is
Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury . Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself, that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects, and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdoms, and for my people, my honour, and my blood, even in the dust. Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry . For the other part, the manner of your petition I do well like, and take it in good part, because it is simple, and containeth no limitation of place or person: If it had been otherwise, I must needs have misliked it very much, and thought it in you a very much, and thought it in you a very great presumption, being unfitting and altogether unmeet for you to require them that may command. Which best describes a difference in the types of rhetorical appeals used by Queen Elizabeth in these excerpts?
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. Dear brethren, God forgive you your trespass, And keep you from the sin of avarice; My holy pardon here can save you all, And will, so long as you make offerings Of gold and silver coin, spoons, brooches, rings— Bow down your heads before this holy bull! Come, ladies, make an offering of your wool! I’ll put your name down on my prayer-roll, And you shall enter to the bliss of heaven Which statement best describes the satire in the excerpt?
Read the passage from Elizabethan Etiquette. If you happened to be a lord or lady in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, one way that you would occupy your time might be learning the plethora of etiquette rules so complex that one would have to memorize them as people today might memorize the lyrics to their favorite songs. The main topic of the passage is
Read the passage from Elizabethan Ettiquette. Sometimes guests brought their own knives and spoons, and sometimes they were furnished by the host. If not eating something soft or soupy that required a spoon, people ate with their fingers, using their knives only to take food from the main serving platter and to cut it when necessary. The knife was placed on the right side of the trencher, and the bread was on the left. Cups were not placed on the table. If a guest wanted a drink, he or she would ask a servant, who would bring them a cup that was kept on a side table or sometimes in a cool bath of water. When the guest finished drinking, they would return the cup to the servant, who would rinse it out, making it ready for the next guest. Based on the explicit and implicit information from the passage, the reader can infer that
Read the passage from “Elizabethan Etiquette.” Next, the salt cellar was placed on the table. The cellar, or container, for the salt was decorative, and the main adornment for most tables. It occupied a place of honor, and as such, the placement of the salt also determined where guests sat, with the host and his or her most honored guests on one side and guests of lesser importance on the other. Therefore, no one sat down until the salt cellar, also simply called "the salt," was placed. All guests would be led into the dining hall, in order of their importance. The lord, or host, would sit at the head of the table, with the most honored guests on the right and the least honored on the left. Guests would always wash their hands prior to beginning the meal, and grace was said before the food was served. Which factors affected when guests could begin a meal in Elizabethan England? Choose three correct answers.
Read the passage from “Elizabethan Etiquette.” The Elizabethan era, the years between 1558-1603 when Elizabeth I reigned as Queen of England, is known for its emphasis on courtly manners. The most esteemed book on the subject was Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier , also referred to as The Courtier . The Courtier was translated from its original Italian into English in 1561, and its rules were carefully followed by the highest-ranking courtiers of the day. According to the passage, society first began to closely follow etiquette rules when
Take a look at this Middle English word. feith What is the correct translation of the Middle English word feith into modern English?
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