ABCTE: ELA EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
3 types of popular plays in Middle Ages - Correct Answers -1. miracle play
2. passion play
3. morality play
2 types of popular plays in 17th & 18th century/Restoration - Correct Answers -1.
comedy of manners
2. sentimental comedy
popular play in 19th & 20th century - Correct Answers -problem play
"epic" comes from Greek "epos" meaning _____ - Correct Answers -song/speech
6 types of regular feet - Correct Answers -1. iamb
2. trochee
3. dactyl
4. anapest
5. spondee
6. pyrrhic
iamb - Correct Answers -unstress + stress
trochee - Correct Answers -stress + unstress
dactyle - Correct Answers -stress + unstress + unstress
anapest - Correct Answers -unstress + unstress + stress
spondee - Correct Answers -stress + stress
pyrrhic - Correct Answers -unstress + unstress
synecdoche - Correct Answers -part of thing replaces whole concept (e.g. Crown = king)
metonym - Correct Answers -attribute of thing is used to refer to thing (e.g. Blue Jays =
Marshfield Schools)
event & year marking transition from Anglo-Saxon --> Middle English - Correct Answers
-Invasion of England in 1066
ANSWERS
3 types of popular plays in Middle Ages - Correct Answers -1. miracle play
2. passion play
3. morality play
2 types of popular plays in 17th & 18th century/Restoration - Correct Answers -1.
comedy of manners
2. sentimental comedy
popular play in 19th & 20th century - Correct Answers -problem play
"epic" comes from Greek "epos" meaning _____ - Correct Answers -song/speech
6 types of regular feet - Correct Answers -1. iamb
2. trochee
3. dactyl
4. anapest
5. spondee
6. pyrrhic
iamb - Correct Answers -unstress + stress
trochee - Correct Answers -stress + unstress
dactyle - Correct Answers -stress + unstress + unstress
anapest - Correct Answers -unstress + unstress + stress
spondee - Correct Answers -stress + stress
pyrrhic - Correct Answers -unstress + unstress
synecdoche - Correct Answers -part of thing replaces whole concept (e.g. Crown = king)
metonym - Correct Answers -attribute of thing is used to refer to thing (e.g. Blue Jays =
Marshfield Schools)
event & year marking transition from Anglo-Saxon --> Middle English - Correct Answers
-Invasion of England in 1066