ABeka English Literature Test 3

During which time period was the Spenserian stanza invented?

During which time period were poets referred to as "scops"?

What represented allegorically the battle which the vices and virtues wage for the human soul?

Author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People

"Who said, "Come what may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day."

During which time period did romances, such as King Arthur and Sir Gawain, become popular?

Who said "Had he not resembled My father as he slept, I had done't"."

Author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Who kills Macbeth?

Who said "Thow hast it now, King, Cawdow, Glamis, all, As the weird women promis'd."

This quote is from what literary work?

What literary genre reached its peak during the Elizabethan period?

In The Faerie Queene, what does the Red Cross Knight represent?

Which is NOT a quality of an epic?

This quote is from what literary work?

Who was the first essayist in English literature?

This quote is from what literary work?

What was Macbeth's tragic flaw?

Author of Utopia

Who said "It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing"."

Author of Book of Martyrs

During which time period was "Bookworm" written?

Author of Morte Darthur

What is the oldest surviving epic?

During which time period did the Pearl Poet live and write?

What poem shows the irony of a seaman longing for the sea despite the hardship of the sea?

What is based primarily on the adventures of knights, kings, or distressed ladies?

What selection is a comparison of man's life to a play of passion?

"Who said, "There's daggers in men's smiles."

"Who said, "Look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't"

Author of "Sonnet 116"

Whom does King Duncan name to the throne after him?

This quote is from what literary work?

What selection describes an imaginary ideal society?

Author of "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd"

Who was the ghost that haunted Macbeth at the banquet?

What is a short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson?

During which time period were mystery plays popular?

Author of The Canterbury Tales

Who was England's first poet laureate?

"Who said, "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."

"Who said, "So foul and fair a day I have not seen.""."

"Who said, "When our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors."

William Shakespeare lived and wrote during which literary period?

Who said "False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

Who is the greatest writer of all time?

What selection shows the speaker's response to God's chastening?

Who said "A little water clears us of this deed."

During which period was "Bonny Barbara Allan" written?

This quote is from what literary work?

During which period did literature focus on love of freedom and strong religious convictions?

Author of "Song to Celia"

What selection teaches the important lesson that death comes for every man when least expected?