English 152 Midterm--Summer 2007

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Midterm Exam
English 152a
Summer A 2007

Please write on these two sheets; use the back of the sheet also if necessary

[edit] Part I.Definitions

Please define five of the following words or expressions (10 mins; 10 pts)

Sweven	But if
I noot	Sikerly
I moot	Us oughte be war

[edit] Part II

Please identify and explain the significance of three of the following (20 mins; 30 pts)

The Three Estates

Alma redemptoris mater

Absalon

The Host

[edit] Part III

Please identify the speaker and the tale (both passages), then choose one passage to translate into standard English prose, and explain its context and significance (30 mins; 60 pts):

1.

Thanne is it wysdom, as it thynketh me,
To maken vertu of necessitee,
And take it weel that we may nat eschue,
And namely that to us alle is due.
And whoso gruccheth ought, he dooth folye,
And rebel is to hym that al may gye [guide].

2.

‘Certes, it was of herte, al that he song.
And for to make his voys the moore strong,
He wolde so peyne hym that with both his yen
He moste wynke, so loude he wolde cryen,
And stonden on his tiptoon therwithal,
And strecche forth his nekke long and smal.