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Brit Lit Fall Final Review
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1
Which of the following are examples of alliteration?
himself, tights
take, talons
grip, thought
was, run
2
Why are the characters in Beowulf so concerned with family heritage and identity?
So they can live up to past ideals and ensure they are remembered
That's how they fulfill their Christian obligations to the afterlife.
Because they are shallow and prideful
It's a way to pass the time.
3
Beowulf was written down for the first time around the 15th Century (1400s)
True
False
4
In
Frankenstein
, who actively wishes that the monster had never been created?
Gary and Ralph
Victor and Walton
Victor and Elizabeth
Victor and the monster
5
Where does Victor first have a conversation with his monster?
Soldier Island
In a field outside of Geneva
On a desolate island off Scotland
In a hut on a glacier near Montanvert
6
What did Hrothgar the Dane build?
Hygelac Hall
A great boarder wall
Heorot Hall
A great statue
7
When does Grendel attack?
Dawn
After school
At night
High noon
8
Historians are uncertain about who originally wrote Beowulf
False
True
9
Who is accused of the murder of Henry Clerval?
Frankenstein’s monster
Justine Moritz
Victor Frankenstein
Robert Walton
10
Which of the following books is not one of those read by Frankenstein's monster?
Plutarch’s Lives
Dante's Inferno
Paradise Lost
The Sorrows of Werter
11
Beowulf is not particularly boastful
False
True
12
How does Walton meet Victor Frankenstein?
Walton finds Victor on the northern ice and nurses him back to health.
They work in the same laboratory on an island off Scotland.
They are students together at Ingolstadt.
Walton escorts Victor northward in pursuit of the monster.
13
These lines tell you that Beowulf is an epic hero because he reveals extraordinary
compassion
intelligence
strength
pride
14
What is the name of the professor at Ingolstadt who first teaches Victor the methods of modern science?
Clerval
Beaufort
Waldman
Krempe
15
What is the name of the sword that Unferth gives Beowulf?
Yrmenlaf
Naegling
Hrunting
Modthryth
16
Where does Grendel find himself at the very end of the novel?
At the tree that trapped him in Chapter 2
At the edge of the same cliff as in Chapter 1
At the Shaper’s grave
In his mother’s cave
17
Which of the following can be inferred from lines 44-56?
Beowulf wished that he could stop fighting
Grendel longed to make Herot his permanent home
The soldiers feared Herot's ruin
Herot was skillfully planned and built
18
To which character(s) in Paradise Lost does the monster compare himself?
Adam and Satan
Adam and Eve
Adam
Satan
19
Why does Victor accompany Henry Clerval on a voyage to England and Scotland?
To track down and destroy the monster
To study science
To work on creating a female monster
For entertainment
20
Who, according to the Shaper, is Grendel’s ancestor?
Scyld Shefing
Abel
Cain
The dragon
21
What defines Hrothgar's leadership?
Change
Stability
Risk
Foolishness
22
Victor Frankenstein attends university in
Ingolstadt
Geneva
Edinburgh
Paris
23
How was the story of Beowulf first told?
It was first told by Homer.
It was sung by a cappella choruses in medieval Norse theater.
It was read from scrolls by medieval monks at service.
It was told orally for many generations before being written down.
24
A scop is a
A type of wooden building
A storyteller
Type of ship
Type of sword
25
Who created the detective story genre?
Horace Walpole
SS Van Dine
Edgard Allen Poe
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
26
Who is convicted of the murder of Victor Frankenstien’s younger brother, William?
Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein’s monster
Alphonse Frankenstein
Justine Moritz
27
Who or what is Hart?
The Shaper’s real name
Grendel’s cave
Hrothgar’s son
Hrothgar’s meadhall
28
What does Wiglaf represent in Beowulf?
The end of hope
Passivity and inaction
The future and the next generation of heroes
All that is wrong with the warriors who run away from the fight
29
What does the monster think causes Felix, Agatha, and De Lacey to be unhappy?
His own presence
Poverty
The death of De Lacey’s wife
The loss of Safie
30
What kind of poem is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
Ballad
Free Verse
Heroic Couplets
Sonnet
31
Beowulf didn’t make it into print until what was around the 10th
True
False
32
What literary technique is at play with “Death snatches away many blooming children”?
Kenning
Personification
Alliteration
Caesura
33
Mead halls are tantamount to butcher shops in medieval times
False
True
34
Beowulf uses a sword and shield while fighting the dragon.
True
False
35
How does Frankenstein's monster learn to speak?
By learning from Victor
By listening to Felix teach Safie his language
He doesn’t; he is born knowing how to speak.
By reading Victor’s journal of his creation of the monster
36
Frankenstein opens with a quote from which piece of literature?
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Paradise Lost
Dante's Inferno
The Bible
37
The Frankensteins’ family home is in
Ingolstadt
Zurich
Chamonix
Geneva
38
Who is the "Queen of Murder Mysteries"?
Agatha Christie
Margaret Thatcher
Mary Shelley
PD James
39
What is ironic about Hrunting?
It was the sword used to kill Hrothgar
It was forged by Grendel
It is supposedly supposed to be able to defeat anything
It was discovered by Beowulf at a garage sale
40
What does the monster want Victor Frankenstien to do to heal his loneliness?
Work to make him appear less hideous
Destroy him
Accept him into his family
Create a female monster to be his companion
41
"Whale-road" being used to describe the ocean is an example of...
Kenning
Hyperbole
Irony
Personification
