Study questions for the second exam (World Masterpieces 2, 2009)
The works covered are Beowulf, The Song of Roland, the medieval lyrics, Parzival, and The Divine Comedy.
The following are characters,
places, motives, authors, etc., that you might be asked about on the
factual, short-answer/multiple choice portion of the exam. Not all of
these will be on the exam, and there is a slight chance that something
might be on the exam that is not listed here, but this is a good guide
for studying.
Information about the essay portion of the exam is available here.
Beowulf, the character
Beowulf, the poem
Scyld Sceafing
Grendel
Hrothgar
Wiglaf
Geats
spear-Danes
dragon
Roland
The Song of Roland
Oliver
Ganelon
Charles the Great
Blancandrin
Rencesvals
Marsilion
Turpin
courtly love
Walther von der Vogelweide
William / Guilhelm, Duke of Aquitaine
Reinmar von Hagenau
“Under the Lime Tree”
Easter day
Wolfram von Eschenbach
Parzival
Gawan
the Grail
Gahmuret
Herzeloyde
Condwiramurs
Belacane
Sigune
Cundry
Trevrizent
Feirefiz
Dante, two Dantes, three Dantes
Francesca
Guido da Montefeltro
Cato
Beatrice
Virgil
“abandon hope” etc
Cassius, Brutus, Judas
Satan
Good Friday
Harrowing of Hell
virtuous pagans
Florence
Purgatory
Bernard of Clairvaux
The Virgin Mary
“like a well balanced wheel”