Which of the following is not an epic characteristic?

Earliest forms were written on cloth

Why was Beowulf useful when it was first told?

Men could use it as a life guide

What is the Pardoner's tale's theme?

Love of money is the root of all evil.

What is the Knight's reward in the end?

He gets a beautiful, kind wife.

What did the abhorrent conditions of urban life mean for Elizabethan literature?

People began to write about the beauty of rural life.

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1
How long does the Knight have to answer the Queen's question?
A fortnight (two weeks)
A year and a day
Ten months and a week
A year
2
Which of the following is a type of epic that was originally told orally?
Narrative
Beowulf
Folk
Literary
3
What do you call descriptive diction that appeals to the five senses?
Imagery
Consonance
Assonance
Alliteration
4
Which of the following is not an Anglo-Saxon characteristic?
Personal warriors
Hospitality to opposing tribes
Custom of gift-giving
Personal code of honor
5
Which of the following is not an epic characteristic?
Earliest forms were written on cloth
Long narrative poem
Has adventures that reflect hero's culture
Tells the adventures of a hero after a national goal
6
Why was Beowulf useful when it was first told?
Women could use it to see how to treat their men
Men could use it as a guide for defeating monsters
It was a lesson to all monsters
Men could use it as a life guide
7
What is the repetition of a consonant sound in words that are near each other?
Assonance
Alliteration
Imagery
Diction
8
Who is Wiglaf?
Beowulf's father
The Danish king
Beowulf's lord
Beowulf's loyal warrior
9
What years does the Anglo-Saxon era span?
0-534
1000-1500
328-970
449-1066
10
Which of the following is an example of a literary epic?
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Mahabharata
Beowulf
Paradise Lost
11
What is the technique in which ideas, places, or characters are put side by side for contrast?
Diction
Imagery
Theme
Juxtaposition
12
Why was Beowulf originally told orally?
It wasn't originally told orally
It was meant as a bedtime story for children
People didn't know how to read
No one could afford writing utensils
13
Where is Beowulf from?
Land of the Danes
Land of the Swiss
Land of the Geats
England
14
What is the Pardoner's tale's theme?
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Friendship comes above all else.
One cannot escape death.
Humanity should band together during hardship.
15
Which fits the following definition?: Stories made by authors who drew on folk epic conventions
Verbal Epic
Literary Epic
Narrative
Folk Epic
16
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," what crime does the Knight commit?
Murder
Theft
Rape
Arson
17
Which of the following fits this definition?: A long, narrative poem
Narrative
Epic
Anglo-Saxon
Beowulf
18
What is the repetition of a vowel sound in words that are near each other?
Assonance
Alliteration
Imagery
Perfect rhyme
19
What question must the Knight answer?
"What do women want most?"
"What is the most vile crime?"
"What do women hate?"
"What is wrong with women?"
20
How is "In Media Res" translated?
"In the Middle of Rest"
"In the Media We Trust"
"Rest in Peace"
"In the Middle of Things"
21
What is the Knight's reward in the end?
He becomes next in line for the throne.
He is not rewarded; rather, he is beheaded.
He is rewarded a hundred gold coins.
He gets a beautiful, kind wife.
22
What is rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds?
Perfect rhyme
Slant rhyme
There's not a word for it
Sort of rhyme
23
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
abab cdcd efef gg
aaaa bbbb cccc dddd ee
abba cddc effe gh
abbb cddd efff gg
24
What is elevated style?
Dramatic diction
Really good fashion sense
Beowulf
Dramatic height
25
What happens to the three men?
They kill one another.
They barely escape Death.
The Plague kills them.
The first two die, and the third escapes.
26
How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?
He rips her arm off
He drowns her
He doesn't; Grendel's mother kills him
He uses an enchanted sword
27
Which of the following is not an example of a folk epic?
The Mahabharata
The Epic of Gilgamesh
La Tabla Rosa
Beowulf
28
In "The Pardoner's Tale," what do the three men in the tavern initially aim to do?
Kill one another
Escape the Plague
Save the village
Kill death
29
What is one of the primary effects theatre had on London?
It contributed to the city's downfall.
It expanded the city limits.
It made people flee the city.
It made people rich.
30
What is one of Shakespeare's most common themes in his sonnets?
The mortality of love
The power of love
None of the above
The importance of appearance in relationships
31
Which of the following is not an epic convention?
Muse Invocation
In Media Res
Elevated Style
Rhyming
32
Why does Beowulf want to defeat Grendel?
He wants to impress the queen
He does it for fame
He is repaying a debt
Grendel insulted him
33
As part of an epic convention, when does the poet invoke the muse?
At the beginning of the story
At the end of the story
In the middle of the story
That's not a convention
34
What did the abhorrent conditions of urban life mean for Elizabethan literature?
The writing was saturated with disgust for urban life.
The working conditions meant no one had time to write.
People began to write about the beauty of rural life.
It quelled people's desire to write.

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