12th grade Honors English Mid-term review

Sir Gawain accepts the girdle from the lady of the castle because

Macbeth’s tragic flaw is his

A long speech that a character delivers alone on the stage

Alliteration and kennings were important in the poetry

Macbeth- the play

Much warfare made for melancholy people

The Black Plague

A long narrative poem that tells of heroic deeds

The author’s purpose in writing “Le Morte d'Arthur” was to

Macbeth- the real man

What technique(s) does Chaucer use?

Knights

Elizabeth I

Canterbury Tales

According to the Green Knight, Sir Gawain’s chivalry fails him because

Mead Halls

Chivalry

This downplays the importance of something.

Grendel has put a spell on

Chaucer the author is

The play ends with the thanes acknowledging who as Scotland’s new and lawful king?

The Reformation

Shakespeare

Beowulf is a

Old English

What type of monster does Beowulf fight in his last battle?

The writings of the ancient Greeks becomes important

Geoffrey Chaucer

According to this tale, a knight who swears a promise in the Middle Ages would

Appeals to the senses and can be a part of speech or a figure of speech

What is sad about Beowulf's last battle?

Used for a break in a play’s intensity

what nationality is Beowulf?

Sir Gawain thinks that the game the Green Knight proposes is

Epic poetry inspired the retainers and the Thanes

Beowulf

In Arthur’s dream, God sends Sir Gawain to visit Arthur because he

An idea that runs through a work

Middle English

The rise of the middle class

The pilgrims are going to the shrine of

The lady of the castle represents

Who kills Macbeth?

Why are readers drawn to an archetype?

The Canterbury tales show

Which of the following knights betrayed King Arthur?

Missionaries start to convert the people to Christianity

The Feudal System

A compound riddling word

The audience and often one other character in the play can hear it.