English 10 Midterm Review

Question 1

When Shakespearean characters do not speak in poetry, they speak—

Accepted Answer

In prose

Question 2

This sword is given to Beowulf as part of an apology:

Accepted Answer

Hrunting

Question 3

This refers to the method by which stories are passed down by minstrels and scops:

Accepted Answer

Oral tradition

Question 4

This is the creature Beowulf fights last:

Accepted Answer

Dragon

Question 5

Elision is best defined as—

Accepted Answer

The removal of syllables to fit meter

Question 6

Which weapon often symbolizes murder and betrayal?

Accepted Answer

A knife/dagger

Question 7

When one line of poetry immediately goes into the next without pause, we call this—

Accepted Answer

Enjambment

Question 8

Small and simple tales that exist in order to express a lesson, like Biblical stories, are

Accepted Answer

Allegories

Question 9

This is a speech in which a character speaks about their accomplishments and heroics.

Accepted Answer

Boast

Question 10

Where do you put the page number on an MLA page?

Accepted Answer

Upper right

Question 11

When two consecutive lines rhyme, this is called—

Accepted Answer

A couplet

Question 12

A _________ is when a character speaks their thoughts aloud so we can hear.

Accepted Answer

Soliloquy

Question 13

This character flees after their father’s death

Accepted Answer

Malcolm

Question 14

This event awakens the dragon that kills Beowulf.

Accepted Answer

A thief steals an item from the dragon’s treasure

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a stock epithet?

Accepted Answer

Macbeth as “Thane of Cawdor”

Question 16

What is a protagonist?

Accepted Answer

The leading character of a book or story

Question 17

During which period was Beowulf written?

Accepted Answer

Anglo-Saxon period

Question 18

Assonance refers to the repetition of _________ sounds.

Accepted Answer

Vowel

Question 19

An object or item that possess a deeper meaning is called a:

Accepted Answer

Symbol

Question 20

An allusion is best described as—

Accepted Answer

A subtle literary or history reference

Question 21

When conservative words begin with the same sound (“dastardly deeds”), this is:

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 22

The expectation that a host should protect and care for the guest is called

Accepted Answer

Hospitium

Question 23

The repetition of consonant sounds in proximal words is called:

Accepted Answer

Consonance

Question 24

This character shows up at Macbeth’s castle to “call” upon Duncan:

Accepted Answer

Macduff

Question 25

What kind of titles do NOT go in quotation marks in your paper?

Accepted Answer

Novels

Question 26

A play that presents a lowering of status is called:

Accepted Answer

Tragedy

Question 27

This place with a golden ceiling is where warriors relax, drink, and celebrate

Accepted Answer

Herot

Question 28

When a character speaks privately to another character on stage, this is a/an:

Accepted Answer

Aside

Question 29

If a rhyme of one syllable is a “masculine” rhyme, then a rhyme of 2 or more syllables is:

Accepted Answer

Feminine rhyme

Question 30

When information is relayed to the reader or audience to catch them up on events, this is:

Accepted Answer

Exposition

English 10 Midterm Review

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English 10 Midterm Review

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