Fall Final Exam Review English IV 2024

Why does the Green Knight nick Gawain with the sword before letting him go?

How is Claudius using Laertes?

Who is Gertrude talking about when she says, “Mad as the sea and wind when both contend which is the mightier?

which of the following is NOT one of Beowulf’s stipulations for fighting Grendel?

Whose behavior seems more understandable –  Grendel or Grendel’s mother?

What type of poem isBeowulf?

A comparison of seemingly unlike terms

How does Hamlet determine whether or not Claudius murdered his father?

Why does Hamlet decide to wait to kill Claudius?

How does Hamlet get back to Denmark after being sent to England by Claudius?

which of the following phrases is a kenning?

Which of the following is an Anglo-Saxon word for fate?

What specifically is the Green Knight testing with his challenge?

Which of the following is the repetition of a consonant sound in words?

What is significant about Hamlet’s “Alas poor Yorick” speech?

What is the most prominent type of allusion in Beowulf?

A compound word that renames a person. place, thing or event is 

The code of  chivalry includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Person, place, thing or event that stands for something beyond itself?

Which of the following is the best summary of Hamlet’s “To be, or not to be” soliloquy

all of the following are kennings EXCEPT

When does Beowulf finally show fear?

What value is shown by Gawain insisting that he, not Arthur, should accept the challenge?

Which of the following does not reflect the oral tradition of the epic Beowulf?

What does the ghost of Hamlet’s father tell him that drives much of the action of the play?

Which of the following is an element of medieval romance?

What happens in the exchange between Hamlet and Ophelia?

Which best describes Hamlet's current state of mind?

All of the following is true of an Anglo-Saxon mead hall except:

How was King Hamlet murdered?

Why does Beowulf ask Wiglaf to be the next leader?

Why does Grendel want to kill so many men at Herot?

In Beowulf, why does Beowulf sail with his chosen companions to Hrothgar’s kingdom?

What British pre-Christian religion is negatively compared with Christianity in Beowulf?

How did Beowulf kill Grendel?

Why does he stab Polonius so aggressively?

A literary hint as to what will later happen in a story

How does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?

Which character in Beowulf represents the Anglo-Saxon values of boasting?

What does Marcellus mean? In the first Act, Marcellus says, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”