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Which sentence best explains why modern English reflects the influence
of several languages? - ANSWERS-B. Between AD 500 and 1200,
invaders from several countries conquered parts of Britain.
Match the words that have the same denotations. - ANSWERS-favored
→ lucky
drenched → soaked
grinned → smiled
scoffed → mocked
elated → happy
What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero Beowulf? - ANSWERS-
B. hubris
Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a warrior code?
Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son:
"Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better,
[His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;]
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[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, . . ." - ANSWERS-
His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;
Glory ere death!
& To battle-thane noble
Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.
What do these lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight reveal about
the character of Sir Gawain?
That no host under heaven is hardier of will,
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Nor better brothers-in-arms where battle is joined;
I am the weakest, well I know, and of wit feeblest; - ANSWERS-B. He
is modest.
Medieval romances abounded in archetypes. Most characters in
romances fit into a certain archetypal mold. Match the characters from
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to the archetypes they represent. -
ANSWERS-the trickster → Morgan Le Faye
the temptress → Bertilak's wife
the hero on a quest → Sir Gawain
the hospitable host → Bertilak of Hautdesert
Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in 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
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TEST: ENGLISH 12A
Which sentence best explains why modern English reflects the influence
of several languages? - ANSWERS-B. Between AD 500 and 1200,
invaders from several countries conquered parts of Britain.
Match the words that have the same denotations. - ANSWERS-favored
→ lucky
drenched → soaked
grinned → smiled
scoffed → mocked
elated → happy
What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero Beowulf? - ANSWERS-
B. hubris
Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a warrior code?
Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son:
"Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better,
[His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;]
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TEST: ENGLISH 12A
[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, . . ." - ANSWERS-
His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;
Glory ere death!
& To battle-thane noble
Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.
What do these lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight reveal about
the character of Sir Gawain?
That no host under heaven is hardier of will,
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TEST: ENGLISH 12A
Nor better brothers-in-arms where battle is joined;
I am the weakest, well I know, and of wit feeblest; - ANSWERS-B. He
is modest.
Medieval romances abounded in archetypes. Most characters in
romances fit into a certain archetypal mold. Match the characters from
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to the archetypes they represent. -
ANSWERS-the trickster → Morgan Le Faye
the temptress → Bertilak's wife
the hero on a quest → Sir Gawain
the hospitable host → Bertilak of Hautdesert
Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in 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
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