Eng 12 Study Guide

What stereotype about women is expressed in lines 106–108?

Which quote best supports the idea that Macbeth changes after Duncan’s murder?

What would the author most likely agree with regarding attention spans in the twenty-first century?

Which rhyme scheme distinguishes “Sonnet 30” and “Sonnet 75” from typical Shakespearean sonnets?

Which quote best supports the main idea of the article?

Which quotation from “Sonnet 30” best supports the theme of love’s power?

Which quotation best supports the theme that gentility must be earned through virtue?

How does “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” fit into the structure of The Canterbury Tales?

How does the author use word choice and syntax to create tone?

Which of the following phrases uses correct subject-verb agreement?

How does the Wife of Bath describe the transformation of the land in lines 29–54?

What does the speaker most likely mean when he compares his love to fire in “Sonnet 30”?

Where is “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” set?

What motivates Grendel’s mother to attack the Danes?

How would the first three paragraphs of the editorial be best described?

 What is the meaning of the archaic word “sooth” in Act V, Scene 5, lines 38-41?

What is the resolution of “Sonnet 75”?

What is a shared theme of “Sonnet 30” and “Sonnet 75”?Love cannot withstand death.

What was the author’s purpose in including “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” with “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”?

What is the dramatic irony in Duncan’s arrival at Macbeth’s castle in Act I, Scene 6?

What does Beowulf express in his speech before battling the dragon (lines 211−215)?

What internal conflict does the knight face at the end of “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”?

In “Sonnet 30,” the imagery most clearly appeals to which sense?

What is the dramatic irony in Duncan’s arrival at Macbeth’s castle in Act I, Scene 6?

What is the author’s explanation for why satire is dying?

What values does Beowulf suggest were most important in Anglo-Saxon culture?

What does the reference to “Our Father in Heaven” in lines 410−414 suggest about the culture that produced Beowulf?

How does Banquo serve as a foil for Macbeth?

Which literary device is used in the line “blundering back with the butchered corpses”?

What theme is developed in lines 320–338 of “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”?

In “Death, Be Not Proud,” what tone is conveyed in the first eight lines?

How does the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth evolve throughout the play?

Which of the following best describes the role of fate in Macbeth?

Which theme is illustrated in the quote from Macbeth: “False face must hide what the false heart doth know”?

What is a shared theme of “Sonnet 30” and “Sonnet 75”?

Which sentence shows the strongest connection between “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” and “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue”?

How does “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” fit into the structure of The Canterbury Tales?

What best describes the author’s tone in the article?

Why is the final line of “Death, Be Not Proud” considered a paradox?

In lines 35–38, why does the poet refer to Grendel as the “God-cursed brute”?

Which sentence from the selection uses the imperative mood?

What does Lady Macbeth’s dialogue in Act V, Scene 1 reveal about her character?

What type of poem is Beowulf?

In “Sonnet 75,” what do the details about the speaker’s beloved suggest about her?

n line 396, Beowulf is described as the “gray-bearded lord of the Geats.” What does this kenning highlight?

In “Sonnet 30,” where does the shift in thought that resolves the speaker’s questions occur?

What is the effect of using phrases like “square brackets” and “morons” in the article?

 How does Macbeth’s character change after he murders Duncan in Acts II-IV?

How does Beowulf portray life according to the Anglo-Saxon worldview?

How does the poet describe death in lines 288−290?