From the Middle Ages through the Renaissance — Test

Question 1

Which excerpt from Everyman best represents how Everyman is characterized overall in the passage?

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I believe that they will do so, For kind will creep where it may not go.

Question 2

Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales. For I’ll have money, wool, and cheese, and wheat, Though given by the poorest serving-lad, Or by the poorest widow in the place, Were all her children dying of famine, No, no! I’ll drink the ichor of the vine, And have a pretty girl in every town. But hear me out now, gentlemen . . . Which statement best describes the satire in the excerpt?

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The Pardoner’s disregard for people experiencing poverty reveals the Church’s hypocrisy.

Question 3

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?

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Chaucer criticizes the notion that divine forgiveness depends on giving money.

Question 4

Which excerpt from Everyman best represents how Everyman is characterized overall in the passage?

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But when I have most need, they me forsake. I am deceived; that maketh me sad.

Question 5

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

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what he says.

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