English 12A Final Exam Review

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T/F Before the arrival of Grendel, Herot is a meeting place that everyone enjoys

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True

Front 2

T/F After Grendel attacks, Herot becomes deserted

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True

Front 3

T/F After Grendel slaughters thirty men in the hall, he takes them to his den

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false

Front 4

T/F During the fight with Grendel, Beowulf rips his eyelid

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False

Front 5

T/F Grendel flees the battle to the forest

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False

Front 6

T/F Later, Beowulf overpowers King Hrothgar, and then steals his crown, which he brings back as a prize

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False

Front 7

The Seafarer is written in " " person.

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first

Front 8

At the beginning of The Seafarer, the speaker describes the sea as....

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harsh and lonely

Front 9

"Death leaps at the fools who forget their God" is an example of what literary element?

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personification

Front 10

T/F Spens is humble for putting the king's wishes above his own. He was also heroic because he fights the dragon to save the princess.

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false

Front 11

T/F In "Get Up and Bar the Door," the husband's real reason for not barring the door is most likely that he does not want to give in to his wife's demands.

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true

Front 12

In the " ", the pilgrims travel to visit the shrine of " ".

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spring; Thomas à Becket

Front 13

The Canterbury Tales is a " ", a story that provides a vehicle for telling other stories.

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frame tale

Front 14

In 'The Prologue,' the " " is called 'a noble pillar of Order.'

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friar

Front 15

T/F The Squire's interest in romance and fashion contrast sharply with the Knight's devotion to his homeland.

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true

Front 16

the Host's pan is for each pilgrim to tell the group " " stories.

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four

Front 17

Why do the men decide to look for Death?

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they are drunk and they want to avenge their friends' death

Front 18

What do they find under the tree?

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gold coins

Front 19

At the end of the tale, on of the men is " ", and the two other men are " ".

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stabbed;poisoned

Front 20

T/F Sir Gawain accepts the lady's gift of a gold ring, but refuses her gift of her green sill girdle.

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false

Front 21

T/F Sir Gawain shows loyalty when he steps into Arthur's place.

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true

Front 22

The author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight writes, "Yes, garbed all in green was the gallant rider..." This is an example of

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alliteration

Front 23

T/F the two major groups of poets that appeared during the Renaissance were the metaphysical and the Cavalier.

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true

Front 24

T/F According to your literature book, the Renaissance period in England is probably best remembered for its sonnets

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false, plays

Front 25

T/F Wyatt patterned many of his poems on Shakespeare's sonnets about unrequited love

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false, Petrarch's

Front 26

In "Whoso List to Hunt," Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote the poem about " ".

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Anne Boleyn

Front 27

"The Lover Showeth Hos He is Forsaken," to what is the speaker comparing his past loves in the first stanza?

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He compares them to animals that were once tame but are now wild

Front 28

Did Elizabeth I ever marry? Why or why not

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No, because she did not want to relinquish her power to a man and she saw how marriage had separated her sister from the people.

Front 29

The queen's duty required her to hide " "

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both her love and her grieving

Front 30

T/F Both Sonnet 30 and Sonnet 75 are examples of the Spenserian sonnet form

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true

Front 31

T/F The paradox in 'Sonnet 30' is that the speaker's love is like fire and his lover's is like ice. Love is both ice and fire.

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true

Front 32

T/F The speaker in 'Sonnet 75' says his loved one will be forgotten as the tide washes driftwood away

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false

Front 33

To what does the speaker compare the awakening of 'myriad thoughts' in '1996'

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flowers

Front 34

According to your book, the author's of 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' and 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd' both wrote " " poems.

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pastoral

Front 35

According to your book, the poems are not meant to be realistic poems. Instead, they exaggerate " " and the innocence of country people living in harmony with nature.

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rural pleasures

Front 36

In 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,' what does the shepherd ask of his beloved in the first stanza?

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to run away with him

Front 37

In 'The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd,' what does the nymph imply about the shepherd in the first stanza?

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that he is lying to her

Front 38

In 'Sonnet 116,' the speaker compares his relationship to a landmark when he writes, 'Oh now, it is an ever-fixed mark.' This is an example of a " ".

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metaphor

Front 39

In 'Sonnet 116,' the overall message that the speaker is trying to convey to the reader is that true love " ".

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is constant

Front 40

The last two lines in a sonnet make up a " ", which can change the meaning of the poem or make a key point or comment.

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couplet

Front 41

How would you describe the tone of 'Sonnet 73'?

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sorrowful

Front 42

According to your text, one English playhouse stands out from all the rest to many theatre-lovers, which is " ".

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The Globe

Front 43

Most of Shakespeare's characters speak in " ", unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter.

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blank verse

Front 44

" " tell " " and Banquo that " " will be Thane of Cawdor. They also predict that " " will be the father of kings.

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The witches; Macbeth; Macbeth; Banquo

Front 45

Lady Macbeth plans to blame " " for the assassination of King Duncan. She pressures Macbeth through " ".

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guards; flattery

Front 46

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth seem to bring out the " " in each other.

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worst

Front 47

T/F Because Macbeth is emotional, Lady Macbeth must return the dagger and smear the guards with blood in order to get rid of the evidence after the murder of Duncan.

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true

Front 48

Lady Macbeth gets blood on her hands when she...

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smears the guards with blood

Front 49

T/F Macbeth kills the porter and explains the act as his emotional response to his unwarranted crime against Duncan

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false

Front 50

The porter's speech in Scene III is meant to...

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serve as comic relief

Front 51

In the beginning of Scene I, Banquo reveals that he knows about Macbeth in a " ", which is when a character reveals his or her private thoughts and feelings s if thinking aloud.

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soliloquy

Front 52

What does Banquo suspect t the beginning of Act III?

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that Macbeth killed Duncan

Front 53

What does Macbeth have planned for Banquo? What happens to him?

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to kill Banquo, Macbeth succeeds

Front 54

T/F Macbeth has plans to kill Fleance, but Fleance escapes.

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true

Front 55

At the banquet, Macbeth sees the bloody ghost of " " that no one else sees. Lady Macbeth defends his bizarre actions and eventually ends the banquet.

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Banquo

Front 56

T/F At the end of Act III, Lennox suspects that Macduff is behind Duncan's murder.

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false

Front 57

T/F After meeting with the witches, Macbeth resolves to form an alliance with Macduff.

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false

Front 58

What bad news does Macduff receive?

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that his wife and son have been slain

Front 59

T/F Scene 2 reveals that the Scottish lords think that Macbeth is mad.

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true

Front 60

T/F when Macbeth hears of Lady Macbeth's fate, he grieves for days.

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false

Front 61

After the fight Macduff carries in Macbeth's " "

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head

Front 62

Who becomes king of Scotland?

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Malcolm

Front 63

T/F Adam and Eve become ashamed of their nakedness and are afraid to meet God.

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true

Front 64

The use of " " is used in Genesis to emphasize the importance and meaning of the message, and to enhance the beauty of the message as well.

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repetition

Front 65

'The valley of the shadow of death' could symbolize...

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a life threatening illness, depression, an emotional problem

Front 66

T/F in the poem, Death is compared to the 'moon that shines bright at night.'

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false

Front 67

T/F In the poem, the speaker is scared of death

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false

Front 68

T/F John Donne wrote 'Death Be Not Proud' after his son died at a young age.

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false

Front 69

T/F Jonson's son dies of the plague

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true

Front 70

T/F Johnson was sentenced to death, but escaped the gallows because he could read Latin.

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true

Front 71

When Jonson writes, '...and, asked, say here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry,' Jonson means that....

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the poem is the best poem he has ever written and that he loved his son very much.

Front 72

According to the speaker what is the most important thing for a young woman to accomplish?

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to get married before she gets too old

Front 73

the tone of the speaker goes from " " to " " and finally " "

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concerned; annoyed; disgusted

Front 74

T/F According to the custom at the time, good looks and pleasant words are supposed to be enough to make the woman love the pale lover.

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false

Front 75

How is Time personified in 'To His Coy Mistress'?

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as a charioteer chasing the speaker

Front 76

T/F The speaker in 'To His Coy Mistress' tells his mistress that he prefers England to even the most beautiful parts of India.

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false

Front 77

What could be a possible theme in 'To His Coy Mistress'?

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We can't just spend time sitting around and talking because time is short, we must act before death takes our youth and beauty and let's have fun and do our best to outrun time.

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T/F The theme in the story is that material wealth does not compare to the glory of heaven.

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true

Front 79

'The Pilgrim's Progress' is a religious " ", which is a work in which the characters and setting are symbols aimed at teaching a moral lesson.

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allegory

Front 80

T/F Though she has a mysterious background, the author Aphra Behn was English's first professional female writer.

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true

Front 81

T/F The speaker's tone in 'On Her Loving Two Equally' is very serious and solemn.

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false

Front 82

T/F The opening paragraph of 'A Modest Proposal' states that the problem is that there are too many unwed mothers.

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true

Front 83

T/F Swift proposes raising children as farm animals. Then, he suggests that the children be slaughtered and eaten.

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false

Front 84

T/F Swift believes that the majority of male children would be saved for breeding purposes.

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false

Front 85

In 'The Raven and the Fox' what does the fox want? Why can't she simply take the item from the raven?

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The fox wants the raven's cheese but she can't take it because the raven is in a tree.

Front 86

T/F When Pepys explores the burning city, he notices some people fighting the fire and others panicking.

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true

Front 87

T/F When Pepys first views the fire he is scared and saddened.

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false

Front 88

T/F Once, as punishment for publishing a controversial pamphlet, Defoe was sentenced to the pillory, a wooden device used for public punishment that locked a prisoner's head and hands.

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true

Front 89

Why was the great pit dug in the churchyard of the parish?

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It was dug there so that the dead could still be in the churchyard and it was so large because the officials knew that they wouldn't have time to dig individual graves since the people were dying so quickly

Front 90

This story is told in the " " point of view.

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first person

Front 91

Why might the victims of the plague try to jump into the river or other water?

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Because they are hot from the plague's fever and they are trying to kill themselves.

Front 92

T/F The reason that this journal is so accurate is that Defoe had members of his family suffer right before his eyes.

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false

Front 93

T/F The speaker speculates that some country people might become artisans, clergyman or writers

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true

Front 94

What is the theme of 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'?

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how we're remembered after we're gone