English Final Exam

Question 1

Monologue and Example

Accepted Answer

A long emotional speech by one character, "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband.."

Question 2

Dramatic Irony and Example

Accepted Answer

The audience knows something the character don&#x27;t., We know juliet is alive by Romeo doesn&#x27;t

Question 3

What is an sonnet?

Accepted Answer

a 14 line poem, in iambic pentameter, follows (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)

Question 4

Epic Poem

Accepted Answer

that are significant to the culture of the poet, Long narrative poem that is usally about herioc deeds and events

Question 5

What are the characteristics of ann Epic Hero

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 6

What is the Elizabthan Era?

Accepted Answer

When William Shakespeare wrote his playwrites and lived in it

Question 7

Foil and Example

Accepted Answer

A character whose values differ from those of the protagonist, Romeo and Mercutio

Question 8

Metaphor and Example

Accepted Answer

When Romeo compares Juliet to the sun, is the brightest thing in his life, Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things

Question 9

Was Greek Literature orginally written to explain what is happening in the physical world?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Prologue and Example

Accepted Answer

Introduces the audience to what will happen later in the story, "Two households, both alike in dignity."

Question 11

What are the two different houses in Romeo and Juliet

Accepted Answer

Montague and Capulet

Question 12

Who were actors during this Era.

Accepted Answer

Young boys who played female role

Question 13

Foreshadowing

Accepted Answer

Author&#x27;s clues that hint to what might happen later in the story.(suspense)

Question 14

Tragedy and Example

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet ends up both dying., Problems of central char. leading to an unhappy/disostrous ending broughton

Question 15

Tragic Flaw and Example

Accepted Answer

Romeo falls in love to easy, eventually leading to his death, Character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall

Question 16

How did Shakespeare use the sonnet in his plays?

Accepted Answer

To express emotion between characters

Question 17

Allusion and Example

Accepted Answer

A reference to a familiar piece of literature, character, or piece of art, Mercutio refers to Yang Abraham

Question 18

Homeric simile and Example

Accepted Answer

"Like a quiet musician, like a harper, when with..." Odysseus, It is a detailed comparison in the form of a similie and many lines long

Question 19

Hubris and Example

Accepted Answer

Over reaching/ excessive pride, Odysseus going through the island of the sirens and he didn&#x27;t wear wax

Question 20

Epic Hero and Example

Accepted Answer

Odysseus, a character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements by grand events

Question 21

What are the characteristics of a tragic hero?

Accepted Answer

All the Above

Question 22

Personification

Accepted Answer

Figure of speech in which an object or aninmal is given human feelings.

Question 23

Similie and Example

Accepted Answer

Juliet compares their contract, or promises of love, to lighting, Comparison between two different things using like or as

Question 24

Aside

Accepted Answer

Remark in play that is intended to be heard by the audience, not charcters

Question 25

Pun and example

Accepted Answer

When Mercutio say he will be a grave man tomorrow when dying., A joke

Question 26

Who was Odysseus, and what is his role in mythology

Accepted Answer

An epic hero, his role was a warrior in the Trojan war with inteligence

Question 27

Soliloquy and Example

Accepted Answer

A long emotional speech expressing the thoughts of a character(alone on st), "Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright."

Question 28

What is significant about Odysseus&#x27; jounrney, and how can we relate it to our modern world

Accepted Answer

It defined both man and civilisation., We can relate it to our modern world through its examination of mortality.

Question 29

Theme and Example

Accepted Answer

A central message into life revealed through the literacy work., The theme in the Odyssey is hospitialy, loyalty, and vengence

Question 30

Tragic Hero and Example

Accepted Answer

Protagonist with nobiliity that leads happy life has tragic flaw(death), Romeo and Juliet

Question 31

Iambic Pentameter

Accepted Answer

Line of verse,five metrical feet, each consisting of a unstressed/stressed

Question 32

What is the difference between a Monologue and a Soliloquy

Accepted Answer

A monologue is a conversation between a character and himself or herself., A soliloquy is spoken while alone on stage.

English Final Exam

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English Final Exam

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