From the Middle Ages through the
Renaissance: Unit Test
Historical context helps readers understand a text by providing Ans: It helps readers understand
a text by providing background information
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.
"But, sirs, it is not courteous of you
To speak so roughly to an old man, who
Has not offended you by word or deed.
It's there in Holy Writ for you to read:
"Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head
Of an old man"—and therefore do no harm,
I warn you, to an old man while you're young,
Any more than you'd like to have it done
To you in old age, should you live so long.
Now God be with you! I go where I must go."
How is the old man is characterized in this excerpt? Ans: He is characterized as a sage counselor
reproving the youth.
Characterization is the way an author Ans: An author develops personalities through thoughts,
words, and actions.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
"But as you are my uncle whom I live to praise
And your blood is the sole virtue in my body,
And since this affair is so foolish, it does not befit you.
I have asked this of you first, and beg you to grant it,
And if my request is improper, I ask this great court
not to blame me."
All the court began whispering
And all thought the same:
Renaissance: Unit Test
Historical context helps readers understand a text by providing Ans: It helps readers understand
a text by providing background information
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.
"But, sirs, it is not courteous of you
To speak so roughly to an old man, who
Has not offended you by word or deed.
It's there in Holy Writ for you to read:
"Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head
Of an old man"—and therefore do no harm,
I warn you, to an old man while you're young,
Any more than you'd like to have it done
To you in old age, should you live so long.
Now God be with you! I go where I must go."
How is the old man is characterized in this excerpt? Ans: He is characterized as a sage counselor
reproving the youth.
Characterization is the way an author Ans: An author develops personalities through thoughts,
words, and actions.
Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
"But as you are my uncle whom I live to praise
And your blood is the sole virtue in my body,
And since this affair is so foolish, it does not befit you.
I have asked this of you first, and beg you to grant it,
And if my request is improper, I ask this great court
not to blame me."
All the court began whispering
And all thought the same:
