Read each question and the answer options carefully. The writing portions have the rubric attached for your reference. Godspeed.
What are the 4 pillars of English literature? Check all that apply.
What shape best represents the structure of a fairy tale?
What are the parts of a fairy tale structure in the correct order?
Characteristics of a fairy tale: check all that apply
Identify which parts of "Cinderella" correspond to which part of the fairy tale structure.
lowest point | reversal of fortune | fall from grace/status | restoration | |
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Cinderella's mother dies, and her father remarries. The stepmother (and stepsisters) are cruel to Cinderella. | ||||
Cinderella is prevented from attending the ball, usually by some shenanigans from her stepfamily. | ||||
Because of magical intervention, Cinderella attends the ball and meets the prince. | ||||
The prince finds Cinderella, correctly identifies her, and they get married. Cinderella is no longer oppressed by her stepfamily. |
In Beowulf, what place is being attacked by Grendel?
Who is the first monster Beowulf faces in the poem?
“In his far-off home Beowulf, Higlac’s Follower and the strongest of the Geats…Heard how Grendel filled nights with horror And quickly commanded a boat fitted out, …Would sail across the sea to Hrothgar, Now when help was needed.” This quote best illustrates which EPIC hero trait?
“Hail, Hrothgar! …the days Of my youth have been filled with glory.” This quote best illustrates which EPIC hero trait?
Woe-walker, Mankind’s-enemy, and Shepherd of evil are all _______ to describe __________
What is the definition of an epic poem
The Anglo-Saxons were once ____ who believed in ____
What did Heorot, the mead hall, represent? Based on the mead hall, what did Grendel represent?
Who avenges Grendel's death?
This line “For this, this gold, these jewels, I thank Our Father in Heaven, Ruler of the Earth—” combined with Beowulf’s pagan funeral ritual and belief in fate prove that the story of Beowulf is unique because it shows…
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still." Who said this quote?
Match the event to its place in the tragic structure.
Macbeth loses the kingship and dies at the hands of Macduff | Macbeth decides to give into his ambition and murder King Duncan | The Weird Sisters tell Macbeth that he will become the thane of Cawdor (which he does) and that he will be king | Macbeth becomes paranoid, which causes him to murder his friend Banquo, murder Macduff's family, and alienate himself from everyone, including his wife. | |
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Protagonist is elevated for some reason (good or bad) | ||||
Flaw in the protagonist's character becomes more pronounced and causes problems | ||||
Protagonist chooses to act on their character flaw despite knowledge or warnings that their actions will bacfire | ||||
Protagonist falls from grace/loses the status gained at the beginning |
This character was Macbeth's "dearest partner in greatness" who encouraged him to kill Duncan.
Methought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep...Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more. Macbeth shall sleep no more." Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red." What do these two declarations by Macbeth tell us about his spiritual state after he murders Duncan?
marriage | backward | name | not | down | |
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DEscend | |||||
NONprofit | |||||
RETROspective | |||||
psuedoNYM | |||||
polyGAMY |
join | law | bad | cause | fear | |
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JUStify | |||||
conJUNCTion | |||||
arachnoPHOBIA | |||||
MALevolent | |||||
domesticATE |
after | rock | light | bad | science | |
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PETRify | |||||
bioLOGY | |||||
MIStake | |||||
POSTgraduate | |||||
LUMinous |
Satire is best defined as.....
When The Canterbury Tales was written, the feudal system divided people into strict....
The Canterbury Tales gives us not only ______________ but also _________________.
The most accurate description of the group of pilgrims is as a....
The Canterbury Tales is unique because it is a frame story. What is the best way to describe a frame story?
Some nine and twenty in a company Of sundry persons who had chanced to fall In fellowship, and pilgrims were they all. What is the closest meaning of the word “sundry” in these lines?
The Pardoner is a corrupt church official who gets rich off of exploiting the people he preaches to. Which quote best demonstrates this?
In "The Pardoner's Tale," as soon as the rioters find the tree and the gold, they.....
The youngest rioter buys poison because he
Chaucer most likely includes the Pardoner and his tale to MOST strongly criticize…
The most important part of exposition that comes before the central conflict of the Wife of Bath’s tale is….
What problem does the knight encounter on his quest to solve the queen's riddle?
What does the knight tell the queen that women want?
When the old woman speaks about the importance of noble birth, she says that...
If you wanted an example to best prove how the old woman rebuts the knight’s qualms against her low-breeding, which evidence would be the strongest?
The knight is able to have the old woman as young and pretty and also faithful because…
Chaucer most likely includes the Wife of Bath and her tale to MOST strongly criticize…
In what ways is the Gospel structured like a fairy tale? Give specific examples and consider the whole context of Scripture.
Although we studied the texts in reverse order, The Canterbury Tales predates Macbeth. How might the feudal system, with its rigid separation of class and rank, affect the way we view Macbeth's ambition to obtain the throne of Scotland? Does it cast Macbeth's actions in a negative or positive light, and why? Consider the fact that medieval thinking considered kingship to be a divine right given by God. (Bonus idea: The Anglo-Saxons highly valued leadership and honored their kings, as we see in Beowulf. How does this value, which is a cornerstone of English literary ideas, also affect our view of Macbeth? You do not have to include this angle in your response, but you may choose to do so.)