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English IV Midterm 2016
English IV Midterm 2016
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Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Literary Terms, Macbeth and Renaissance
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1
Where was Shakespeare born?
London
Canterbury
Houston, Texas
Stratford-Upon-Avon
2
What is a wergild?
habitat of werewolves
compensation paid to murdered victim's family
destiny
a document giving instruction or command
3
Which adjective does not describe the 3 rioters?
greedy
prideful
lazy
disrespectful
4
How many times was King Henry VIII married ?
once
eight
six
seven
5
How did Malcolm's troops camouflage themselves as they approached Dunsinane?
They used magic and an invisibility cloak.
They hid behind branches cut from Birnam Wood.
They dressed as ghosts of all the people Macbeth had killed.
They covered themselves in mud and crawled on their bellies.
6
Which two monarchs loved attending Shakespeare's plays?
Queen B and Prince
Queen Elizabeth and King James
Queen Mary and Lord-Protector Cromwell
Lady Jane Grey and King Henry
7
How many deaths are due to Macbeth?
more than 10
less than 10
8
According to the crone in Wife of Bath's Tale, what do women really want?
Power to crush the church
Power to bring back the elves
Power to turn into beautiful young women
Power over themselves and their husbands
9
What caused one-third of the population in England to die between 1346 and 1349?
Ebola
Famine
Black Plague
Werewolves
10
What are Birnam and Dunsinane?
A golfer and Scotish golf course
A forest in Scotland and Macbeth's castle
Old Scotish forest and Duncan's castle
A magical forest and King of the Fae
11
What part does Lady Macbeth NOT play in Duncan's murder?
Bullied Macbeth into regicide after he decided against it.
Made sure everyone got really drunk and would pass out
She placed bloody daggers on guards and set them up.
She kept the watch and distracted Malcolm and Donalbain
12
Signed by king in 1215 to create basis for representative government in England
Modest Proposal
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
Canterbury Tales
13
What is fate?
foreshadowing
fight
destiny
hooey
14
The use of obvious and deliberate exaggeration, not to taken literally.
Hyena
Hyperbole
Exemplum
Allusion
15
“Double double, toil and trouble/Fire burn and cauldron bubble", is part of the witches what?
cooking dinner for a banquet
rambling crazy nonsense
singing a number one summer hit
casting a spell
16
How were epics presented in Anglo-Saxon culture
On i-tunes
Sunday school
singing bards
monthly newsletter
17
What is the exemplum that the Pardoner teaches in his tale?
Swearing in a sin
Avarice/ Greed is a sin
Beware of false friends
Death is unavoidable
18
When author
shows
type person a character is through their thoughts, actions and deeds.
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
19
"Remember Midas? Will you hear the tale?/ We can't keep secrets; as for Midas, well,.."
dramatic irony
singlet
couplet
soliloquy
20
What was NOT a part of King James reign?
Translated bible into English
United England and Scotland
Guy Fawkes, Gun Powder Plot
Civil War
21
What was the destination of the pilgrims during the Canterbury Tales?
Shrine of St. Tomas Aquinas
Shrine of St. Tomas a Becket
Shriner's Circus
Shriners' Hospital
22
What is the name for the type of story that is structured to consist of multiple other stories?
Fable
Fantasy
Fictional
Frame Story
23
Who motivates Macbeth to pursue killing Duncan?
Banquo
Fleance
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macduff
24
a rhetorical device,as a short tale, narrative, or anecdote used to emphasize a moral point
et cetera
exemplum
ex gratis
arboretum
25
What was Macbeth's title at the start of the play?
Thane of Scotland
Thane of Cawdor
Thane of Glamis
Thane of Fife
26
Long speech by a character as if no one else is on stage
Blank verse
Foreshadowing
Aside
Soliloquy
27
Situation where actors say something audience knows to be wrong
Foreshadowing
Dramatic irony
Aside
Soliloquy
28
Why did King Henry VIII create the Church of England?
To divorce his wife and marry another, but Pope said NOPE!
He wanted to eat meat on Fridays.
He did not like confession.
He wanted the center of the church to be England
29
What does the youngest rioter decide while walking back to town for food and wine?
To track down the old man and ask what game he's playing
To talk to his mom about the strange men
To poison the other two men so he can have all the gold
To set up the other men to be hung.
30
Why does the old man send the 3 rioters to the tree in the "Pardoner's Tale"?
He wanted to get away from the annoying drunks.
They asked for directions.
So the men can rest before chasing down death.
To find the gold and their death.
31
What happens when Beowulf's men attack
Thor kicks back to watch
Beowulf goes missing
Grendel's mother fights
Their swords cannot hurt Grendel.
32
What characteristic leads to the downfall of the rioters in the "Pardoner's Tale"?
Vanity
Avarice/Greed
Gluttony
Sloth
33
Who's guest shows up at Macbeth's banquet?
Christmas Past
Banquo
Bloody child
Duncan
34
What does "Out, out, damned spot" symbolize?
Lady Macbeth casting spell for witches.
The unrelenting guilt driving Lady Macbeth insane.
The neighbor's dog who keeps getting in their house.
The stubborn blood stains on Lady Macbeth's hands.
35
"So Hrothgar's men lived happy in his home"
Antecedent
Allergy
Alliteration
Allegory
36
What does the word "renaissance" mean?
Removal/ Rescue
Rebirth/ Revival
Madness/ Disorganization
Chivalry/ Chastity
37
What is ironic about the pardoner telling his tale?
He does not believe in death.
He is a modest man who preaches against avarice
He is guilty of the sin of greed which he warns against.
He wants to find a cure for the plague.
38
Short comment delivered by character directly to audience without other actors hearing
Soliloquy
Couplet
Foreshadowing
Aside
39
Literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
Foreshadowing
Fair sharing
cheese
Shadow boxing
40
Who is the Thane of Fife?
Duncan
Macduff
Macbeth
Banquo
41
What do the witches tell Banquo?
Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none.
Thou shall bare kings, though not with thy queen
Thou shall be king, though thou bare none
Thou shalt get winning lottery numbers, but lose the ticket
42
a pair of lines that rhyme with each other and contain the same meter
Quartet
Duplex
Subpoena
Couplet
43
Who is the old man in the "Pardoner's Tale"?
serial killer
Death
The wizard of Oz
Donald Trump
44
What does Wulfgar mean when he says this to Beowulf and the Geats upon their arrival? (See #7)
No shirt, no shoes, no service
Once we trust you to protect us you can get your weapons
Do not drag dirt into the Hrothgar's home!
45
Which is was not a part of Elizabeth's reign?
Supported the arts and religious tolerance
Guy Fawkes Gun Powder Plot
Defeated Spanish armada and made British Navy #1
Global exploration, trade and colonozation
46
What was the nickname for The Globe?
The Tavern
The Tender Box
The Wooden O
The Alley
47
From whom is Grendel descended?
Beowulf
Abel
Macbeth
Cain
48
Martin Luther led what movement.
The Protestant Reformation
The Renaissance
The Purge
BLM
49
Who are Malcolm and Donalbain?
Sons of McDuff
Sons of King Duncan
Sons of the Confederacy
Sons of Anarchy
50
What sexist system of inheritance ensured all land holdings stayed intact through generations?
Chastity
Chivalry
Primogeniture
Signature
51
Format which narrator tells the story, giving it personality, point of view and uniqueness
Times Roman
Voice
Personification
characterization
52
What is NOT a characteristic of an epic
Happy Ending
Supernatural activity
Vast quest
Larger than life hero, high ideals
53
What does Divine Right mean?
King is supreme and God's representative.
King has the right to divinity.
King has the right to remain silent and hire an attorney
King can evoke God and heal the sick
54
Why is this quote ironic in the "Pardoner's Tale"?
The greedy men will end up planning the others' murders.
The men really are brothers from different mothers.
There is no irony.
The men are actually ghosts.
55
A literary device used to reference another object outside of the work of literature
Allusion
Hyperbole
Exemplum
Allegation
56
Why does Macbeth kill Banquo?
Banquo may talk in his sleep and reveal all.
Banquo wants to be king
Banquo is having an affair with Lady Macbeth
Banquo is a threat because knows the prophecy.
57
How were Shakespeare's plays advertised?
Radio teasers were previewed daily
Announcements were made at church
Poster of the playbill cover was pasted on walls around city
Advertisements went out in the mail
58
Why do Malcolm and Donalbain flee England after Duncan's murder?
They never wanted to become king.
There is a traitor amongst them and they are not safe.
The planted the idea in Macbeth's head.
The witches foretold they would find riches and wives.
59
"Nothing in his life/became him like the leaving it." Is a reference to what?
The abandonment of Macbeth by his own father.
The bravery shown by a thane as he died from battle wounds.
Voldermort
The careless way the thane threw away his life.
60
How many years does Grendel terrorize Herot
142 years
2 years
20 years
12 years
61
Who was the prophesied man NOT "of woman born" that kills Macbeth?
Lennox
Fleance
Malcolm
MacDuff
62
What are the two choices the old women gives the knight at the end of her tale?
A young beautiful wife who cooks or an old wife who dances
A young pretty wife who smells or an old scentless wife
A young pretty wife who cheats or an old faithful wife.
A young ugly wife or an old gorgeous wife.
63
What event marks the beginning of the Medieval Period?
Norman Invasion- Battle of Hastings
Battle of Normandy
Magna Carta
Trump's election
64
Which is NOT a type of play written by Shakespeare?
Romance
History
Tragedy
Comedy
65
What was the most immediate and drastic change exacted by the Normans?
Capitalism
Feudalism
Sexism
Racism
66
What is the Wife of Bath's purpose in telling about the disappearance of the elves?
To set up for the old crone's reveal at the end
To remind people that love is a fantasy
Because the Wife of Bath is actually a witch
Because she is mad at the church for driving out the fae
67
Queen Elizabeth ruled for how many years?
32
20
54
45
68
Why does Macbeth try to kill Fleance?
The witches told him to kill the spare
Lady Macbeth insulted his manhood
To stick it to Scotland
To prevent the prophecy of Banquo's heir becoming king.
69
What does the knight do after hearing the queen's question/ task?
He searches out a coven of witches who reveal a prophecy.
He travels asking everyone woman he meets for the answer.
He throws a temper tantrum.
He jumps out the window and runs.
70
Why was the knight condemned to die in the Wife of Bath's Tale?
He held up the 7-11
He had an affair with the king's wife.
He raped a maiden.
He had committed treason.
71
How does Macbeth convince the men to kill Banquo and Fleance?
He convinces them Banquo is their enemy and bullies them
He is holding their families hostage
He will pay their debts and they can be freemen
He'll tattoo "I Love Trump" on their foreheads if they don't
72
What is it called when the author
tells
the audience what a character is like?
Indirect Characterization
Direct characterization
73
Why does MacDuff flee to England?
To seek asylum for himself and then send for his family.
To secure a new life far from Macbeth and his own family.
To convince Malcolm to claim throne and save Scotland
To trick Malcolm into returning so Macbeth can kill him.
74
What is the main idea of the tale of Midas?
Midas was deformed
Women love donkey ears
Women can't keep secrets
Midas has a golden touch
