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English Semester 1
What is a Pilgrimage
Which of the following traits does Beowulf NOT have
English Semester 1
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Which of the following traits does Beowulf NOT have
Bravery
Self-Confidence
Loyalty
Humillity
2
What is a Pilgrimage
Founding a new world
Colony of pilgrims
Trying to convert people to a certain religion
Religious journey
3
Wiglaf thinks he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because
Will increase Beowulfs victory
Promised to repay Beowulf for his kindness with their lives
Beowulf is too sick to fight
Beowulfs people can claim the treasure
4
What was the vernacular language for most common people
German
Latin
Middle English
Dutch
5
Why did the three brother want to kill death
Death tortured them
Death killed their brother
Death killed their father
Death killed their friend
6
.... "give account of all their words and dealings." Which type of characterization is this
Indirect
Observantional
Dramatic
Direct
7
In the Pardoners Tale, how do the rioters treat the old man
With flattery
They are not interested in him
With rudeness
With Anger
8
How did Beowulf kill Grendel
Ripped arm off
None of the above
Stabbed him in the heart
Cut his head off
9
How many tales were written by Chaucer before he died
200
24
36
100
10
Chaucer used the pilgrimage primarily as a device to
Create a vivid and realistic setting
Describe the rigors of medieval life
Frame the stories told by the individual characters
Emphasize the characters religious aspirations
11
When dying Beowulf gives Wiglaf his gold necklace, his gesture means
He captures the monsters treasure
Recognizes that Wiglaf is superior to him in fighting
Wants Wiglaf to kill his comrades
Passing on the ruler ship to Wiglaf
12
With symbolic allegory in the Pardoners Tale, of these qualities might the rioters represent
Fame and fortune
Evil and Sin
Courage and Greed
Old age and death
13
What was the main source of corruption in the Friar
Food
Clothes
Money
Women
14
Which adjective best describes the nun
Skinny
Angry
Polite
Two Faced
15
How does the younger brother try to kill the older brother
shot by arrow
Stabs in back
poison
death hangs them
16
How long was England invaded for
Century
Day
Decade
Millennium
17
When people buy a pardon or a relic they think they are buying
Pardon from the Frair
Sacrifice to god
Pardon from the king
Pardon from their sins to enter heaven
18
This elegy spoke of a road to fame and honor
The Wanderer
Sea Road
Mead Hall
Placeless sea
19
How was Beowulf and other stories spread to the populace
Oral
All of the above
Vernacular
Many retelling of hero's and adventures
20
Who were the last invaders that brought the French language and feudalism with them
None of the above
Saxons
Normans
Germans
21
The old man in The Pardoners Tale could not find what
Life
Love
Death
Treasure
22
When the Pardoners Tale opens, what has caused death to stalk the land
Riot
Terrible flood
Plague outbreak
Greed
23
What is the author of the Canterbury Tales first name
George
Gregory
Gary
Geoffrey
24
What is the issue with the speaker in The Seafarer
Sick of war
Ship is stranded
Loves and hates the sea
Lost wife
25
What is the Pardoners moral to his audience
Fight for what you want in life
Do not trust others
Greed is the root of all evil
Do not be a hypocrite
26
For what reason does the Pardoner usually tell The Pardoners Tale
Convinced that greed is evil and gives money to the poor
Uses exemplum in a sermon to get listeners to part money
All of the above
He is a poor man who tells stories in hope of earning money
27
What allusion, biblical, does the pardoner make after telling his story
Adam and eve
Resurrection stroy
Noahs arc
Seven deadly sins
28
What is social commentary
All of the above
Writing that offers insights into values
Writing that offers insights into customs and religion
Writing that offers insight in society
29
Which is NOT a struggle in Beowulf depicits
Goof v. Evil
Women dominate power
Vitality is sapped by age
Truth and Light
30
What is the main idea of Midas in The Wife of Baths Tale
Woman do not want ugly men
Woman cannot keep secrets
Every man has some horrible secret
Some men look like animals
31
Which of the below Henrys killed multiple wives and beheading them
Henry the VIII
Henry the VII
Henry the V
Henry the Great
32
Whay year was the Canterbury Tales published
1477
1476
1498
1246
33
King John was forced to sign which document
Constitution
American Flag
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
34
What was England originally named
None of the above
Angle Land
Island of Invasion
Angle Hands
35
The Canterbury Tales
Are unfinished
Reflects human nature in Middle English
All of the above
Is originally written in Middle English
36
What is The Wifes Lament about
A woman who lost her religious views
None of the above
A woman who lost her children
A woman who is exiled and alone without her husband
37
Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization
He was honest worker
Children were afraid when he appeared
His mighty mouth was like a furnace door
He was 20 years of age
38
Where was the birthplace of printing (books)
China
England
Japan
Spain
39
In The Wife of Baths Tale, who is the king that everyone loved an praised
Midas
Henry VI
Arthur
Charles
40
Who suggests that death is a person
Youngest brother
Old man
Serving boy
The priest
41
Who is the antagonist in Beowulf
Grendel
All of the above
The Dragon
Grendel mother
42
Which of the time periods is the second in the time line of British Lit
Middle English
Old English
Post Modern
Romantic
43
What is the purpose of a pilgrimage
Social recognition
Sells relics
Find god and self
Journey to their home villiage
44
How many years after killing Grendel mother is the story about the dragon
50
70
30
20
45
Which of the following best summarizes the theme of Beowulf
Too much hubris can cause a downfall
Bravery will triumph
Self-reflection is essential to change
Brains are better then brawn
46
What is the setting of the wife of baths tale
All of the above
Medieval
Renaissance
Transcendentalism
47
What was the academic language used to document history
German
Latin
Spanish
French
48
Which fact can the reader infer that Beowulf is honorable and true to his word
Vows to destroy Grendel and his mother
Hes the strongest of the Geats
Jumps in the lake
Higlacs famous cousin
49
Beowulf is the first what in British Literature
Epic Rhyme
Epic Poem
Free-Verse
Narrative
50
How much time is the knight given to find what woman truley desire in The Wife of Bath tale?
Honor
Wealth and treasure
Self-Same sovereignty
Love
51
Midas wife tells who/what about his secret
The Water
The Queen
The Knight
The Old Woman
52
With the arrival of who in 597 help to convert the country to Christianity
Bede
Germans
King George
Saint Augustine
53
When was the last time England was invaded
1047
1065
1066
1040
54
Who was a monk that wrote A History of the English Church
St.Arnold
Sophocles
Aristotle
Bede
55
In the Wanderer, why is the speaker wanderer through life
He is lost at sea
He has abandoned his lord and comrades
He made bad choices in life, searching for god
His heart is lost because of a woman
56
The black plague killed how much of the population in the 14th century
1/2
1/3
5/8
1/4
57
Which character is looked at as a positive moral chartacter in the Prologue
The Knight
Wife of Bath
The nun
Friar
58
How did the oldest brothers plan to kill their brother
death hangs them
Poison
shoots with arrow
Stab in back
59
The pardoners does what for a job
Sells relics
Works for the knight
Help poor
Tells stories
60
Beowulf and how many of his men went to help with the Danes
5
14
11
20
61
What does Anglo-Saxon mean
Old English
Old Life
Old Person
Old testament
62
Beowulf is also a tale about..
None of the above
Human struggle
Suffering through hardships
Power hungry men
63
When did the Anglo-Saxon invasion begin
500 A.D
449 A.D
435 A.D
200 A.D
64
What is a Yeoman
Scholar who scribes books
Merchant who sells clothes
Slave to a squire
Attendant to the knight
65
Why does Beowulf sail with his chosen companions
Take over Higlacs throne
Help Hrothar by slaying Grendel
Bring home treasure
Win glory by slaying the dragon
66
How many husbands did The Wife of Bath have
2
4
6
5
67
How can the reader tell that Beowulf is an epic story?
Takes place long ago
Story involves warriors and battles
People in the story are called Geats and Danes
Hero is a man
68
What question does the old woman ask the knight after they are married
Why do men want young, wealthy wives instead of older wives
Do you want me to be young and poor or old and wealthy
Do you want me to be young and faithless or old and faithful
Do you want me to be young,rule our marriage or old obedient
69
What was the relation between the islander and the sea
Provided protection
Dangerous-death
Provided food
Vast-endless adventure
70
What major empire once occupied England
Prussian
Persian
Roman
Ottoman