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Literature Exam
Literature
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "a written work of superior excellence, that has stood the test of time" is the description of what? | Classic |
| What is the name of a short narrative folk song? | Popular Ballad |
| Identify the movable platform upon which many plays were ofter produced. | Pageant |
| Name the kind of play that is based upon legends of the saints. | Miracle plays |
| Name the kind of writing that is based upon adventures of knights. | Medievel Romance |
| Whish kinda of narrative uses characters, places and events to represent abstract qualities or ideas? | Allegory |
| What kind of plays os based uon Biblical stories? | Mystery Plays |
| What is the short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson? | exemplum |
| What type of tale is the Nun's Priest's Tale(Cantebury Tales)? | beast fable |
| Regular recurrence of sound | rhythm |
| The arrangement of events in a story | plot |
| A classical love song dealing with shepherds and rustic life | Pastoral |
| The speeches or conversation between characters in a play | dialogue |
| "whale-road" is an example of what type of literary language? | kenning |
| Pilgrim's Progress is anexample of what type of literary style? | allegory |
| Two rhyming lines that complete a thought is called a? | couplet |
| Elaborate or strong metaphors which indirectly name persons, things, or events are called? | kenning |
| "And from his heart grew a red red rose, and from hers a heart of brier." | Bonny Barbara Allen by Anonymous |
| "Come not, Lucifer. I'll burn my books." | Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe |
| "Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine." | Song to Cella by Ben Johnson |
| "And there came an arm and an hand above the water and met it, and caught it" | Morte Darthur by Thomas Mallory |
| "Look like the innocent flower,But be the serpent under it" | Macbeth by Shakespeare |
| "I have provoked God to anger, and He has left me; i have hardened my heart that I cannot repent" | Man in an iron cage in Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyon |
| "I am an enemy to this prince; I hate His person, His law, and people" | Apollyon in Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyon |
| Finish this quote "Stone walls so a ______ make, Nor iron bars a cage" | Prison; To Althea, From Prison by Richard Lovelace |
| Finish this quote "Shall I wasting in ______, Die because a women's fair?" | Despair; George Wither |
| Finish this quote "Gather ye ________ while ye may, Old Time is still a flying" | rosebuds; Councel to Girls by Robert Herrick |
| "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested" | From Essays of Studies by Francis Bacon |
| "I could not love thee, dear, so much; Loved I not honor more" | To Lucasta, Going to the Wars by Richard Lovelace |
| "Do you see yonder wicket gate?" | Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyon |
| Name the author who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. | The Pearl Poet |
| Name the author of The Cantebury Tales. | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Name the author of Dr. Faustus. | Christopher Marlowe |
| Name the author of Morte Darhur. | Thomas Mallory |
| Name the author of Beowulf. | anonymous |
| Name the author of The Book of Martyrs. | John Foxe |
| Name the author of The Frarie Queene. | Edmund Spenser |
| Name the author of Macbeth. | William Shakespeare |
| Name the author of Paradise Lost. | John Milton |
| The first English Poet whose name is known is? | Caedmon |
| This writer translated the Bible from Latin to English. | John Wycliffe |
| The founder of English prose | King Alfred the Great |
| England's first poet laureate | Ben Johnson |
| The second greatest writer in English literature | John Milton |
| The greatest sonnet writer in English literature | William Shakespeare |
| Who was the first essayist in English literature? | Francis Bacon |
| The first of the Anglo-Saxons | Poetry |
| In "Pardoner's Tale",the three young roisters find ___?___ under an oak tree. | Death |
| In the story "Beowulf", the last enemy that Beowulf slays is? | dragon |
| In "Everyman" which friend is willing to go with him after death? | Good-deeds |
| In the poem "Edward", Edward confesses to killing his hawk, his horsem and __?___ | His Father |
| How many years does Dr. Faustus sell his soul for? | 24 |
| What is the title of the poem in which roses are sent to a beautiful lady to keep them from withering? | Song to Celia |
| In "Paradise Lost", through which part of the serpent does Satan enter? | the mouth |
| According to Satan in book 1 of Paradise Lost, what can "make a Heav'n of hell, a hell of Heav'n"? | the mind |
| England's greatest pastoral elergy is John Milton's poem called __?__ | Lycidas |
| What is the magnificent capital building constructed by Satan and the fallen angels at the end of the Paradise Lost, Book I? | Pandemonium |
| Name the ghost who haunts Macbeth at the banquet. | Banquo |
| Who killed Macbeth? | Macduff |
| Macbeth was performed before King __?__ | James I |
| Who is murdered along with all her children? | Lady Macduff |
| Who sleep walks and tries to wash blood off her hands? | Lady Macbeth |
| What is the Anglo-Saxon time period? | 449-1066 |
| What is the Medieval time period? | 1066-1485 |
| What is the Elizabethan time period? | 1485-1625 |
| What is the Age of the Puritans? | 1625-1660 |
| What era is Beowulf? | Anglo-Saxon |
| What era is Bookworm? | Anglo-Saxon |
| What era is Mead? | Anglo-Saxon |
| What era is Edward? | Medieval |
| What era is Everyman? | Medieval |
| What era is Cantebury Tale? | Medieval |
| What era is Get Up and Bar the Door? | Medieval |
| What era is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? | Medieval |
| What era is The Book of Common Prayer? | Elizabethan |
| What era us The Book of Martyrs? | Elizabethan |
| What era is Dr. Faustus? | Elizabethan |
| What era is Song to Celia? | Elizabethan |
| What era is Macbeth? | Elizabethan |
| What era is Shall I Wasting in Despair? | Age of the Puritans |
| What era is Councel to Girls? | Age of the Puritans |
| What era is To Althea, from Prison? | Age of the Puritans |
| What era is On His Blindness? | Age of the Puritans |
| What era is Paradise Lost? | Age of the Puritans |
| What era is Pilgrim's Progress? | Age of the Puritans |
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