Brit Lit Sem. 1 Miscellany Review

Question 1

What was the name of Hrothgar's great mead hall?

Accepted Answer

Heorot

Question 2

What does Beowulf do to Grendel in their great battle?

Accepted Answer

Tear off his arm

Question 3

How many great labours did Hercules have to complete?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 4

What deal does Sir Gawain agree to with the lord of the castle he rests at?

Accepted Answer

They will swap whatever they win.

Question 5

What is the genre of "Sir Gawain," including a hero facing challenges and a mistaken identity?

Accepted Answer

Medieval Romance

Question 6

Who does Beowulf visit to help with a violent beast?

Accepted Answer

Hrothgar

Question 7

What prophecy did Oedipus accidentally fulfill?

Accepted Answer

He killed his father and married his mother.

Question 8

Why does Beowulf finally go after the dragon?

Accepted Answer

It's burning his own town.

Question 9

Who was the king of the Greek Gods?

Accepted Answer

Zeus

Question 10

Where do Beowulf and Grendel's mother have their great battle?

Accepted Answer

Her underwater lair

Question 11

How long does Sir Gawain have to find the Green Knight for the return swing of the ax?

Accepted Answer

1 year and 1 day

Question 12

What was Perseus's primary quest/objective?

Accepted Answer

Slaying the Gorgon, Medusa

Question 13

What did Daedalus build for his and his son's escape?

Accepted Answer

Wings out of wax

Question 14

Which Greek hero was entirely mortal, and not a demi-god?

Accepted Answer

Jason

Question 15

What happens when the Green Knight's head is chopped off by Sir Gawain?

Accepted Answer

He picks up his own head.

Question 16

What is the term for two lines of poetry that rhyme with one another?

Accepted Answer

Couplet

Question 17

Which is NOT one of the values of Anglo-Saxons, as exemplified in Beowulf?

Accepted Answer

humility

Question 18

The term for someone who does NOT believe William Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's plays:

Accepted Answer

Anti-Stratfordian

Question 19

What is the term for someone who believes Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him?

Accepted Answer

Stratfordian

Question 20

What should be included in the "Connotation" section of a TPCASSTT?

Accepted Answer

All literary devices

Question 21

How many lines are in an Italian/Petrarchian sonnet?

Accepted Answer

14

Question 22

Who comes to avenge Grendel's death?

Accepted Answer

His mother

Question 23

What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick?

Accepted Answer

AABBA

Question 24

What was Antigone's primary goal?

Accepted Answer

To bury her brother properly

Question 25

What game does the Green Knight challenge the knights of the Round Table to?

Accepted Answer

"A swing for a swing" of an ax

Question 26

Which is NOT one of the gifts the lady of the castle offers to Sir Gawain?

Accepted Answer

A flower

Question 27

Literary device when expectations do not match reality (dramatic, verbal, and situational):

Accepted Answer

Irony

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT a popular Anti-Stratfordian candidate?

Accepted Answer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 29

Which character in Greek mythology opened the box containing all evil?

Accepted Answer

Pandora

Question 30

Which is the appropriate notation for a line of iambic pentameter?

Accepted Answer

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Brit Lit Sem. 1 Miscellany Review

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Brit Lit Sem. 1 Miscellany Review

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