British Literature Final Exam

Mr. Darcy represents what flaw in the title of Pride and Prejudice?

When did the actual warlord, Arturius, (on whom King Arthur legends were based) live?

Which of the following British novelists is not a woman?

Elizabeth Bennet represents what flaw in the title of Pride and Prejudice?

410-787 A.D.

Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, would be characterized in which dramatic (play) genre?

The French language impacted the development of the English language during what time period?

In an argumentative essay, recognizing the opposition’s perspective is acknowledging the

Hamlet’s most loyal friend is

The author of Beowulf is

What Disney film is based off of the story of Hamlet?

The play Hamlet is written in

Mr. Wickham is

What is so unique about Jane Austen publishing Pride and Prejudice in 1813?

Pre-historic to 55 B.C.

Which of the following marked the most stable political structure in early Briton?

Which of the following is not a British novel?

A place where historians believe Celtic peoples practiced pagan rituals is called

When Elizabeth replies that Mr. Darcy is the last man she could be prevailed to marry she means

The satire "A Modest Proposal" was written by

Lady Catherine de Bourgh is

In Hamlet’s famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy, he is:

The invention of what led to greater availability of books and an increased reading population?

The author credited with changing the English language forever by writing in the vernacular was

When Mr. Darcy tells Elizabeth he had scruples about their relationship, he means he

787-1066 A.D.

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote

The Celtic language impacted the development of the English language during what time period?

What aspect of characterization is depicted here? "This Pardoner had hair as yellow as wax"

One of the English theaters where many of William Shakespeare’s plays were performed was:

From what country did the popular verse form of poetry, the sonnet, derive?

A frame story is a story that serves to:

Hamlet is one of the greatest plays written by

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a classic work of Victorian British Literature.

The Canterbury Tales were written in

The Harry Potter novels are written in

The Germanic language impacted the development of the English language during what time period?

Beginning in 1066 A.D.

Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” is an example of what type of writing?

The epic narrative poem, Beowulf, is written in

The Renaissance was considered a societal golden age. What aspects made it so?

In the romance “The Day of Destiny” by Sir Thomas Malory, King Arthur is an archetypal

Latin impacted the development of the English language during what time period?

Which of the following was not a great leading mind of the Renaissance?

The novel Pride and Prejudice is written in

In what season do the pilgrims begin their journey inThe Canterbury Tales?

Pride and Prejudice was published under the name of the female author

A Shakespearean sonnet is generally broken into

55-410 B.C.

The “Seven Sovereign Kingdoms” of the Anglo-Saxon time period was called the