Final Exam Review English IV 2015

Which of the following is an element of medieval romance?

Why does the Green Knight nick Gawain with the sword before letting him go?

A compound word that renames a person. place, thing or event is 

How did Beowulf kill Grendel?

What specifically is the Green Knight testing with his challenge?

What value is shown by Gawain insisting that he, not Arthur, should accept the challenge?

How does Macbeth rule as king?

Which group conquered pre-Christian England and gave them technology?

Which group united England under Christianity?

How do the prophesies of the witches make Macbeth act?

Which character in Beowulf represents the Anglo-Saxon values of boasting?

Who beheads Macbeth?

Which of the following is a common theme in Cavalier poetry?

Who are the French who invaded and conquered Anglo-Saxon England?

Why does Macbeth leave the castle at the end despite the prophesies?

What is the purpose of Lady Macbeth's sleep walking and scrubbing her hands?

What is the symbol of Macbeth's reluctance to kill Duncan?

A comparison of seemingly unlike terms

What does Metaphysical mean?

What does Beowulf use a symbol of his victory over Grendel?

Why doesn't Lady Macbeth kill Duncan herself?

Who accompanies Macbeth the first time he sees the witches?

What is the purpose of the refrain in a ballad?

The code of  chivalry includes all of the following EXCEPT:

What motivating factor drives Macbeth's actions?

What is the name for a striking comparison between two remarkably dissimilar things?

How is Duncan's death avenged at the end of the play?

How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?

What is Macbeth afraid to do immediately after murdering Duncan?

Which of the following is the repetition of a consonant sound in words?

Which group originally occupied Roman-era England?

The most common types of figurative language found in Cavalier poetry are simile, metaphor and

Who was the author of Beowulf?

Person, place, thing or event that stands for something beyond itself?

What was the name the Romans gave to the primary Celtic tribe of England?

Who is Hecate?

The two tribes that united and controlled England after the Romans left are the Angles and the

What is the name for a Scottish lord or military general?

What is assigning the lines of the poem a letter of the alphabet to find patterns?

What British pre-Christian religion is negatively compared with Christianity in Beowulf?

What feeling does Macbeth express in the "Neptune's ocean" speech?

What type of poem isBeowulf?

Which of the following is a common theme for a ballad?

What is the most prominent type of allusion in Beowulf?

What type of strength does Banquo exhibit which Macbeth does not?

Which of the following is an Anglo-Saxon word for fate?