British Literature 1st Semester Review

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British Literature1st Semester Review
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Anglo-Saxon Period
Medieval Period
Renaissance
Language
Canterbury Tales
Sonnets
Beowulf
Ballads
Drama
Oral Literature
Literary Terms
17th Century Poetry
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Anglo-Saxon Period
100
200
300
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Medieval Period
100
200
300
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Renaissance
100
200
300
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Language
100
200
300
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Canterbury Tales
100
200
300
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Sonnets
100
200
300
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Beowulf
100
200
300
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Ballads
100
200
300
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Drama
100
200
300
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Oral Literature
100
200
300
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Literary Terms
100
200
300
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17th Century Poetry
100
200
300
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Anglo-Saxon 100

• What was the name of the building which was the
  center or heart of a kingdom where everyone
  ate, drank, and enjoyed entertainment in this
  culture?
• Answer
• Mead Hall

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Medieval 100

• What is the code the Green Knight tests on Sir
  Gawain?
• Answer
• Code of Chivalry

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Renaissance 100

• What is the single most influential piece of
  English literature that allowed for the common
  man to read and was created by a committee in
  1611?
• Answer
• King James Version of the Bible

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Language 100

• William the conqueror brought what language to
  England?
• Answer
• French

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Canterbury Tales 100

• What is the literary term Chaucer used that uses
  humor to mock human and institutional weaknesses,
  always has targets, and varies in tone from
  subtle to harsh or biting?
• Answer
• Satire

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Sonnets 100

• How many lines are in a sonnet?
• Answer
• 14

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Beowulf 100

• Who is the author of Beowulf?
• Answer
• anonymous

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Ballads 100

• What period of literature in which the literacy
  level was very low did ballads flourish because
  they were musical and easy to remember?
• Answer
• Medieval

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Drama 100

• What is the literary term used to describe a
  situation when the audience knows something the
  characters do not?
• Answer
• Dramatic irony

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Oral Literature 100

• What is a traveling story-teller in the
  Anglo-Saxon era called?
• Answer
• Scop

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Literary Terms 100

• What is the term for a pause or break within a
  line of poetry?
• Answer
• caesura

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17th Century Poetry 100

• What is Latin for seize the day?
• Answer
• Carpe diem

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Anglo- Saxon 200

• What is the name of an artifact recovered from an
  archeological dig that revealed people from this
  culture did appreciate beauty?
• Answer
• Sutton Hoo

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Medieval 200

• What literary form is a relatively short
  narrative that focuses on a single tragic event
  while telling its tale in dialogue and archaic
  language?
• Answer
• ballad

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Renaissance 200

• The English Renaissance particularly appreciated
  this type of art, which distinguishes it from the
  Italian Renaissance
• Answer
• Performing arts (drama)
• FYI appreciated sonnets, too!

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Language 200

• English is largely a ____________ language.
• Answer
• Germanic

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Canterbury Tales 200

• What is the science used in Canterbury Tales that
  believes a characters inner self can be revealed
  through outward appearance?
• Answer
• physiognomy

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Sonnets 200

• What are the two terms used to describe many
  sonnets that are on the same topic and show the
  changing attitude of the speaker?
• Answer
• Sonnet sequence AND sonnet cycle

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Beowulf 200

• Who is responsible for the Christian overlay?
• Answer
• Monks who translated it

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Ballads 200

• What is the main subject of which a ballad is
  centered?
• Answer
• A tragic event

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Drama 200

• Name the king for whom Shakespeares Macbeth was
  written as a response to the recently foiled Guy
  Fawkes plan to blow up Parliament?
• Answer
• King James I

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Oral Literature 200

• What is the Anglo-Saxon poetic device that is a
  descriptive phrase taking place of a noun? (ex
  ring-giverking)
• Answer
• kenning

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Literary Terms 200

• What is the term for an extreme exaggeration?
• Answer
• hyperbole

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17th Century Poetry 200

• There is no typical 17th century outlook,
  because a a variety of writing styles emerged
  during this time. Name them
• Answer
• Metaphysical, cavalier, puritan

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Anglo-Saxon 300

• Who is credited for the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles,
  Exeter Book, and the translations with the aid of
  the monks?
• Answer
• Alfred the Great

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Medieval 300

• Who is known as The Father of English
  Literature, who also wrote during this period?
• Answer
• Geoffrey Chaucer

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Renaissance 300

• Renaissance means rebirth. What is the rebirth?
• Answer
• Of the Classics (Greek and Roman)

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Language 300

• Name, in order, the four invasions that
  influenced the English language.
• Answer
• Romans-Germans-Vikings(Danes)-French

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Canterbury Tales 300

• Canterbury Tales is a frame story structure in
  which the speaker tells us who, what, when,
  where, and why the pilgrims took their journey.
  What are the 5 ws?
• Answer
• People from all classes, on a pilgrimage, spring
  in 14th century, to Canterbury, visit tomb of
  Thomas Becket

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Sonnets 300

• Fourteen lines of iambic pentameter which follows
  a strict rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg is
  called
• Answer
• An English sonnet

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Beowulf 300

• What characteristic makes Beowulf different from
  a heroic figure in the Medieval period?
• Answer
• Bragging/boasting

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Ballads 300

• Name a ballad we have read.
• Answer
• Barbara Allen, Lord Randall, Get Up and Bar the
  Door, The Twa Corbies

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Drama 300

• What is the name of the theater in which many of
  Shakespeares plays were performed?
• Answer
• The Globe Theater

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Oral Literature 300

• Literature reflects the dominant tendencies of
  an era. Name one cultural element valued that
  is evident from the Anglo-Saxon riddles we have
  read.
• Answer
• Farming (plow), sea (anchor and iceberg),
  entertainment (goblet of mead).

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Literary Terms 300

• What is the term when a speaker in a poem
  addresses something either absent, dead, or
  abstract?
• Answer
• apostrophe

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17th Century Poetry 300

• Name the type of poetry that focuses on carpe
  diem, wine, women, and song.
• Answer
• Cavalier