End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) EXAM Questions &
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Which sentence best explains B. Between AD 500 and 1200, invaders from several countries
why modern English reflects the conquered parts of Britain.
influence of several
languages?
favored → lucky
drenched →
Match the words that have the
soaked
same denotations.
grinned →
smiled scoffed
→ mocked
elated →
happy
What is the reason for the tragic B. hubris
end of the hero Beowulf?
,Which three parts of this excerpt His friend to avenge than with vehemence
from Beowulf relate to a
warrior code? wail him; Glory ere death!
Beowulf answered, & To battle-thane noble
Ecgtheow's son: "Grieve Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.
not, O wise one! for each it
is better,
[His friend to avenge than with
vehemence wail him;]
[Each of us must the end-day abide
of]
His earthly existence; who
is able accomplish
[Glory ere death!] [To battle-
thane noble Lifeless lying, 'tis
at last most fitting.] Arise, O
king, [quick let us hasten
To look at the footprint of the
kinsman of Grendel!]
I promise thee this now: to his
place he'll escape not, . . ."
What do these lines from Sir B. He is modest.
Gawain and the Green
Knight reveal about the
character of Sir Gawain?
That no host under heaven is
hardier of will, Nor better
brothers-in-arms where battle
is joined;
I am the weakest, well I
know, and of wit feeblest;
Medieval romances abounded in the trickster →
archetypes. Most characters in Morgan Le Faye the
romances fit into a certain temptress → Bertilak's
archetypal mold. Match the wife the hero on a quest
characters from Sir Gawain and → Sir Gawain
the Green Knight to the the hospitable host → Bertilak of Hautdesert
, archetypes they represent.
Read this excerpt from "The B. The narrator mocks the narrative style of epic poetry by
Nun's Priest's Tale" in applying it to a beast fable.
Chaucer's The Canterbury
Tales.
O new Iscariot, O new
Ganelon! O false
dissimulator, Greek
Sinon
That brought down Troy
all utterly to sorrow!
O Chanticleer, accursed be that
morrow
Which sentence in the
following description
identifies the style used in the
excerpt?
[These lines describe the false
beliefs that Chanticleer held.]
The proud Chanticleer is being
mocked in these lines for having
raised such outcry. [The
narrator mocks the narrative
style of epic poetry by applying
it to a beast fable.] [The proud
Chanticleer is mocked by the
other hens because he was
making much of the dream.]
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Terms in this set (32)
Which sentence best explains B. Between AD 500 and 1200, invaders from several countries
why modern English reflects the conquered parts of Britain.
influence of several
languages?
favored → lucky
drenched →
Match the words that have the
soaked
same denotations.
grinned →
smiled scoffed
→ mocked
elated →
happy
What is the reason for the tragic B. hubris
end of the hero Beowulf?
,Which three parts of this excerpt His friend to avenge than with vehemence
from Beowulf relate to a
warrior code? wail him; Glory ere death!
Beowulf answered, & To battle-thane noble
Ecgtheow's son: "Grieve Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.
not, O wise one! for each it
is better,
[His friend to avenge than with
vehemence wail him;]
[Each of us must the end-day abide
of]
His earthly existence; who
is able accomplish
[Glory ere death!] [To battle-
thane noble Lifeless lying, 'tis
at last most fitting.] Arise, O
king, [quick let us hasten
To look at the footprint of the
kinsman of Grendel!]
I promise thee this now: to his
place he'll escape not, . . ."
What do these lines from Sir B. He is modest.
Gawain and the Green
Knight reveal about the
character of Sir Gawain?
That no host under heaven is
hardier of will, Nor better
brothers-in-arms where battle
is joined;
I am the weakest, well I
know, and of wit feeblest;
Medieval romances abounded in the trickster →
archetypes. Most characters in Morgan Le Faye the
romances fit into a certain temptress → Bertilak's
archetypal mold. Match the wife the hero on a quest
characters from Sir Gawain and → Sir Gawain
the Green Knight to the the hospitable host → Bertilak of Hautdesert
, archetypes they represent.
Read this excerpt from "The B. The narrator mocks the narrative style of epic poetry by
Nun's Priest's Tale" in applying it to a beast fable.
Chaucer's The Canterbury
Tales.
O new Iscariot, O new
Ganelon! O false
dissimulator, Greek
Sinon
That brought down Troy
all utterly to sorrow!
O Chanticleer, accursed be that
morrow
Which sentence in the
following description
identifies the style used in the
excerpt?
[These lines describe the false
beliefs that Chanticleer held.]
The proud Chanticleer is being
mocked in these lines for having
raised such outcry. [The
narrator mocks the narrative
style of epic poetry by applying
it to a beast fable.] [The proud
Chanticleer is mocked by the
other hens because he was
making much of the dream.]
