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