English 12 Midterm Review - British Literature

Who was the author of Utopia?

What did Keats say, in "Ode on a Grecian Urn," is all you need to know?

In Macbeth, whose ghost terrorizes Macbeth in Act III?

In Beowulf, King Hrothgar lived in ________ Hall.

Who was the earliest known English poet?

In addition to plays, Shakespeare wrote a number of ________.

Which of the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales was "somewhat deaf"?

Who wrote the poem "Ozymandius"?

The Green Knight received an axe blow from Sir Gawain. What happened?

Julian of Norwich was referred to as a(n)

What type of sonnet style features an octave followed by a sestet?

Which of the following was NOT one of the groups that attacked England before 1000 AD?

Who wrote "Tyger, Tyger?"

A foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstreessed syllable is a(n) ________.

Who said, "Is this a dagger which I see before me?"

Everyman was a ________ play.

What poet compared his love to a red rose?

Who was the antagonist in The Faerie Queene?

In Morte d'Arthur, who was the antagonist of Sir Gawain?

In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," what did the mariner wear for killing the albatross?