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SALTEnglishLitTest1
Preparation for English Lit Test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sir John had (slighted/struck/poisoned/hated) Barbara Allen? | slighted |
| When Joseph would not pick a cherry for Mary, the ___ bowed down before her. | tree |
| the first literature of the Anglo-Saxons was (prose/poetry/novels/romances). | poetry |
| "A written work of superior excellence that has stood the test of time" is the description of a ___. | classic |
| Everyman was surprised by whose visit? | Death |
| Piers Plowman was probably written by (Chaucer/Malory/Langland/Arthur). | Langland |
| The first English poet whose name is known is ___. | Caedmon |
| Wycliffe translated the Bible from (Greek/Hebrew/Latin/French) into English. | Latin |
| The name Anglo-Saxon was the collective name given to a group made up on Angles, Saxons, and ___. | Jutes |
| The standard ballad has (two/three/four/five) lines. | four |
| In Piers Plowman, Piers attempts to lead readers to ___. | Truth |
| The Roman monk who converted the Anglo-Saxons to Catholicism was (Richard/Patrick/Augustine/Bede). | Augustine |
| "Sir Patrick Spens" is set in ___. | Scotland |
| The last enemy that Beowulf slays is (Grendel/the Green Knight/Grendel's mother/dragon). | dragon |
| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was written by ___. | The Pearl Poet |
| Everyman's friend ___ is willing to go with him after death. | Good Deeds |
| Edward confesses that he has killed his hawk, his horse, and (the king/his father/his sister/the priest). | his father |
| Who invaded Britain in 1066? | William |
| Edward's attitude toward his mother is an attitude of (love/hatred/fear/kindness). | hatred |
| Who is the founder of English prose? | Alfred |
| Name the original inhabitants of Britain: | Celts |
| Who is the founder of English history? | Bede |
| The Anglo-Saxons settled Britain in the (first/ninth/fifth/second) century. | fifth |
| Elaborate or strong metaphors which indirectly name persons, things, or events are called what? | kennings |
| Name the title: "A fearful wound showed in the shoulder of Grendel;/Apart sprang the sinews." | Beowulf |
| Name the title: "And from his heart grew a red, red rose,/And from her heart a brier." | Bonny Barbara Allen |
| Name the title: "This man was, indeed, clad all in green." | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
| Name the title: "The king sits in Dumferling town,/Drinking the blood-red wine." | Sir Patrick Spens |
| Who wrote it: "'Caedmon, sing some song to me.' He answered, 'I cannot sing.'" | Venerable Bede |
| What is the name of a short narrative folk song? | popular ballad |
| Identify the moveable platform upon which many plays were often produced. | pageant |
| Name the kind of play that is based upon legends of the saints. | miracle play |
| Name a kind of writing that is based upon the adventures of knights. | medieval romance |
| Which kind of narrative uses characters, places, and events to represent abstract qualities or ideas? | allegory |
| Who was called the Morning Star of the Reformation? | John Wycliffe |
| Which kind of play is based upon Biblical stories? | mystery play |
| Tiw is used in which English word? | Tuesday |
| "Whale-road" is an example of what literary device? | kenning |
| Who wrote the Gospel of John in English? | Venerable Bede |
| What is the English national epic? | Beowulf |
| Who was Grendel? | monster |
| Who was Beowulf's uncle? | King Hygelac |
| Which period encompassed A.D. 450-1150? | Old English |
| What was a gleeman? | singer |
| Who was King of the Spear-Danes? | Hrothgar |
| What was Northumbria? | center of culture |
| What was the Anglo-Saxon word for "Fate?" | Wyrd |
| What was Heorot? | mead-hall |
| What is mead? | drink made from fermented honey |
| In the Pardoner's Tale, whom do the three young roisterers seek? | Death |
| What is a short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson? | exemplum |
| What type of tale is the Nun's Priest's Tale? | beast-fable |
| Which of Chaucer's pilgrims is a clergyman who visits his parishioners no matter how far they live from him? | Parson |
| Which of Chaucer's pilgrims sings a duet with the Summoner? | Pardoner |
| Name the title: "When April showers with sweetness pierce the root / Of droughts of March, and make the buds upshoot." | Canterbury Tales |
| Name the title: "And there came an arm and an hand above the water and met it, and caught it." | Morte Darthur |
| Name the economic and political system of the medieval period: | feudalism |
| Who was the nephew of King Arthur, who attempted to take the kingdom of England from Arthur? | Mordred |
| Which religious character in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales could best be described as genuinely pious? | Parson |
| The Canterbury Tales was written in ___ English. | Middle |
| Of the Canterbury pilgrims, which one is first described in the "Prologue?" | Knight |
| Of the Canterbury pilgrims, which one "spoke fair French, but with an accent queer"? | Nun |
| Of the Canterbury pilgrims, which one "lived Christ's gospel truly every day"? | Parson |
| Of the Canterbury pilgrims, which one "carried a wallet filled up to the brim ... with relics old"? | Pardoner |
| Of the Canterbury pilgrims, which one "was clad in coat and hood of green"? | Yeoman |
| Of the Canterbury pilgrims, which one "rode out in his liege lord's war / in Christian lands and heathen - none so far"? | Knight |
| Of the Canterbury pilgrims, which one was described: "of high ideals and virtue was his speech; / And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach"? | Oxford Scholar |
| Of the Canterbury pilgrims, "courteous he was, willing and meek; and able to carve before his father at the table." | Squire |
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