English III A Final Review, 2019-20

Question 1

A usually brief unit of action in a dramatic or literary work, such as the "Song of Hildeburh" in Beowulf is:

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episode

Question 2

Which of the following is a kenning?

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swan's road

Question 3

Ballads originally evolved through:

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The oral tradition

Question 4

Which stories, involving divine miracles, were the predecessors to plays like Everyman?

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mystery /cycle plays

Question 5

The natural rise and fall of sound that contributes to a melodic pattern of a poem is:

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cadence

Question 6

Kennings are:

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compound noun metaphors

Question 7

What are comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections?

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Comic relief

Question 8

Beowulf is important to English literature because it

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It's an oral epic in the earliest form of English

Question 9

Why is it important to study the (Middle) English works of Chaucer?

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for the first time we hear about the lower & middle classes

Question 10

Who is thought to have written “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”?

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The Pearl Poet

Question 11

The dragon in Beowulf, if taken to represent "greed", could be considered an:

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allegory

Question 12

What is the most likely theme of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”?

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Renewal and Self-knowledge can grow out of sin and weakness.

Question 13

What is the pause in the middle of a line of poetry called?

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caesura

Question 14

What type of poem was "The Seafarer"?

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elegy

Question 15

“Allegories in which characters appear as abstract virtues and vices” are known as:

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morality plays

Question 16

What is the Anglo-Saxon word for fate?

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wyrd

Question 17

Grammar: A bouquet of yellow roses ___________ color and fragrance to the room.

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lends

Question 18

Macbeth's ambition to achieve the title of king could be considered his:

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hamartia

Question 19

A thane, seen in Beowulf and Macbeth, is:

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a man who held land granted by the king

Question 20

What is the name of the medieval Romance we read this trimester?

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Question 21

The Canterbury Tales are largely written in:

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rhyming couplets

Question 22

Beowulf is:

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The first epic poem written in an early form of English

Question 23

An epic like Beowulf would have been told by:

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scops or bards in the mead-hall

Question 24

What is an "interloper"?

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an intruder

Question 25

The two types of sonnets are:

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Shakespearean and Petrarchan

Question 26

What king had Thomas Beckett murdered, thus resulting in a pilgramage to Canterbury?

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Henry II

Question 27

What is the theme of Everyman?

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Good deeds lead to salvation.

Question 28

Morality plays largely deal with:

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virtue and vice

Question 29

A Petrarchan or Italian sonnet has a(n):

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Octave + sestet

Question 30

All of Shakespeare's plays, including Macbeth, are largely written in ____________.

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Blank Verse

Question 31

Each of the students ______ coming to the Valor game.

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is

Question 32

Enjambment is:

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when one line of poetry flows into the next

Question 33

What type of speech was the Bible translated into during the Middle Ages for the first time?

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Vernacular

Question 34

What is "a word or phrase open to two interpretations"?

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Pun

Question 35

Ballads always contain:

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none of the above

Question 36

Plays in the Middle Ages were largely about....

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Religious figures and stories, vices and virtue, mysteries / miracles

Question 37

Minimal amounts of radiation will not ___________ you.

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affect

Question 38

Grammar: The staff ________ deciding how they want to vote.

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are

Question 39

What are some aspects of a Medieval Romance?

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chivalry, a quest, supernatural figures

Question 40

The use of "Vernacular" become popular in the Middle Ages. What is it?

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the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people

Question 41

It was thought that Beowulf was passed down through:

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oral tradition

Question 42

Which monarch was responsible for promoting the use of the English language?

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Alfred the Great

Question 43

What historical event caused the most drastic transformation to Old English?

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Norman invasion of 1066

Question 44

The Old English text of Beowulf showcases this literary device in nearly every line:

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alliteration

Question 45

Grammar: Neither the serving bowl nor the plates _______ on that shelf.

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go

Question 46

Which of the following stories from the Middle Ages takes place solely in an aristocratic environment?

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"Sir Gawain..."

Question 47

Everyman is an example of the origins of:

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English theatre

Question 48

Grammar: This test will likely have a large ______ on your grade.

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effect

English III A Final Review, 2019-20

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English III A Final Review, 2019-20

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