British Literature End of Year Recap

Question 1

Something that makes fun of something to prove a point is

Accepted Answer

satire

Question 2

Tales about knights performing daring deeds and always saving the day are examples of

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Chivalric Romances

Question 3

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a collection of stories about pilgrims traveling to

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Canterbury

Question 4

The language Shakespeare wrote in is called Modern English

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true

Question 5

What year did Queen Elizabeth die?

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1603

Question 6

These three famous poets were all friends, and all died at young ages

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Keats, Shelley, and Byron

Question 7

Macbeth is an example of

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tragedy

Question 8

Taking drugs is a bad idea, even if Coleridge did it

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true

Question 9

This poem was written after a drug-induced dream

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Kubla Khan

Question 10

Frankenstein is an example of Romantic literature

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true

Question 11

What monarch ushered in the Renaissance to Britain?

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Elizabeth

Question 12

In what year did the Normans invade Britain?

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1066

Question 13

What was the name of Shakespeare's theater?

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The Globe

Question 14

James I was terrified of all EXCEPT

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the ocean

Question 15

Each of the following is one of the pilgrims EXCEPT

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The Judge

Question 16

What is the name of the person who becomes king at the end of Macbeth?

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Malcolm

Question 17

About how many years of British history/literature did we cover this year?

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1400

Question 18

What is the name of the monarch for whom Macbeth was written?

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James I

Question 19

Beowulf is an example of what kind of story?

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Epic

Question 20

Who came to conquer the Anglo-Saxons?

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The Normans

Question 21

What was the name of the monster Beowulf killed?

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Grendel

Question 22

Robin Hood and King Arthur are examples of

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Romantic Heroes

Question 23

This poet is known as the "Nature Poet."

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Wordsworth

Question 24

The name of the man who first combined the Arthur tales into a volume called LE MORTE d'ARTHUR

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Sir Thomas Mallory

Question 25

What language did the Normans speak that became the "power language?"

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French

Question 26

The addition of French and Latin turned Old English into what?

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Middle English

Question 27

What is the name of the people who wrote Beowulf?

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Anglo-Saxons

Question 28

This period saw the greatest growth in literature in British history

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Renaissance

Question 29

How many stories were originally intended to be in The Canterbury Tales?

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120

Question 30

Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in French because he wanted to be taken seriously.

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false

Question 31

Where was The Globe located?

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London

Question 32

What is the name of the oldest piece of English literature known?

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Beowulf

Question 33

The years of approximately 450-1500 were known as

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All of the above

Question 34

What is the language that Beowulf was written in?

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Old English

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British Literature End of Year Recap

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