Second Semester Final Review

Question 1

Cervantes is really faking his concern for tradition in the prologue in order to create satire.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What is the primary difference between legend and myth?

Accepted Answer

Legend has a historical basis, while myth does not.

Question 3

Wart learned to be on good terms with all members of your kingdom as what animal?

Accepted Answer

Badger

Question 4

What makes a romantic hero different than a traditional hero?

Accepted Answer

A romantic hero is highly idealized.

Question 5

What does the cage symbolize?

Accepted Answer

Reality

Question 6

Why is Cervantes so distraught in the opening pages of the prologue?

Accepted Answer

He is having a hard time writing the prologue

Question 7

Who does Cervantes say we should thank him for introducing to us?

Accepted Answer

Sancho Panza

Question 8

What type of story contains many parts that function as their own story and can be rearranged?

Accepted Answer

Frame Tale

Question 9

Dante was a member of the Black Guelphs.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

The White Guelphs were against the new pope, which caused a rift in their political party.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which of the following was not one of Dante's three main groupings of sins in hell?

Accepted Answer

Limbo, or sins of ignorance

Question 12

Which of the following is not one of the Seven Deadly Sins?

Accepted Answer

Deception

Question 13

How did the relationship between Unferth and Beowulf change throughout the story?

Accepted Answer

Seeing Beowulf's courage, Unferth grew to respect Beowulf.

Question 14

What does Sancho bring back home from his quest with Don Quixote?

Accepted Answer

A desire for adventure

Question 15

What does Don Quixote promise Sancho Panza in exchange for becoming his squire?

Accepted Answer

An Island

Question 16

What characteristic was the first concern when selecting a comitatus?

Accepted Answer

Loyalty

Question 17

What is the primary purpose of kennings in Old Norse poetry?

Accepted Answer

Kennings added cultural capital to poetry

Question 18

Since Dante's Inferno mirrors Dante's real life journey into exile, it is an allegory.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Wart learned that war is based on the illusion of boundaries during his time as what animal?

Accepted Answer

Goose

Question 20

What does Nicholas say that makes the carpenter believe a flood is coming?

Accepted Answer

"Water! Water!"

Question 21

What statement best explains the difference between Higd and Thrith?

Accepted Answer

Higd was obedient to her king, while Thrith was untamed.

Question 22

When Don Quixote starts out on his journey, why does he almost give up?

Accepted Answer

He was not yet a knight

Question 23

Who is Gines de Pasamonte supposed to represent?

Accepted Answer

Cervantes

Question 24

What story showed that wergild could not permanently resolve a blood feud?

Accepted Answer

The story of Finn, Hnaf, and Hengest

Question 25

In the Friar's Tale, what symbolism gives away the yeoman's true identity?

Accepted Answer

His green jacket

Question 26

Which of the following is not an example of a kenning?

Accepted Answer

Iron Throne

Question 27

What important aspect of Arthurian legend do we attribute to Chretien De Troyes?

Accepted Answer

The Quest for the Holy Grail

Question 28

Arcita, who won the battle for Emily, prayed to which god?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 29

In the Pardoner, what really killed the revelers' friend?

Accepted Answer

The Plague

Question 30

Wart learned the perils of a citizenry with no freedom of choice as what animal?

Accepted Answer

Ant

Question 31

Wart learns the merits of a loyal comitatus as what animal?

Accepted Answer

Hawk

Question 32

Palamon, who won the heart of Emily, prayed to which god?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 33

What was the central question most typically present in Spanish Baroque literature?

Accepted Answer

What constitutes reality?

Question 34

What did the round table symbolize?

Accepted Answer

Equality

Question 35

What title does Sancho Panza give to Don Quixote?

Accepted Answer

The Woebegone Knight

Question 36

The idea that the punishment fits the crime is used to define what term?

Accepted Answer

Contrapasso

Question 37

Which of the following is not true of Thomas Beckett?

Accepted Answer

He was a vintner

Question 38

Which of the following is not a quality of alliterative verse?

Accepted Answer

ABAB rhyme scheme

Question 39

Wart learned how a ruler can become obsessed with power during his time as what animal?

Accepted Answer

Fish

Question 40

In the Summoner's Tale, what was Thomas's gift to the friar?

Accepted Answer

A fart

Second Semester Final Review

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Second Semester Final Review

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