1st Quarter Exam 10/18/16 Flashcards
1
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What years are considered to be The Anglo-Saxon Period?
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449-1066
2
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What is a short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson?
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The exemplum
3
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Which of our stories had a very prominent use of kennings?
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Beowulf
4
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What does Gloriana the Faerie Queene represent? (in the Faerie Queene)
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In general, she represents the concept of Glory, but specifically, she portrays Queen Elizabeth.
5
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In “The Pardoner’s Tale”, what did the three men go looking for? What did they find?
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Death; Gold
6
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What do(es) the following line(s) demonstrate?:”And the many treasures he wished to take with him,The shining gold which a man stores on earthIs of no assistance to his sinful soulConfronted at the last by God’s wrath.Great is the fear of God; through Him the world turns.He created the mighty plains,The face of the earth and the sky above.Foolish is he who fears not his Lord: death will find him unprepared.Blessed is the humble man: he will find mercy in Heaven.God gave man a soul to have faith in His great strength.”
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Strong religious conviction(from The Seafarer)
7
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How did the two men kill the third guy?
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They stabbed him
8
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What is a speech by one character alone on the stage?
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soliloquy
9
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In the Medieval Period, what were the movable platforms on which plays were performed called?
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Pageant wagons
10
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Name some of the tales in “The Canterbury Tales.”
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[Prologue]The KnightThe SquireThe YeomanThe NunThe Oxford ScholarThe ParsonThe Pardoner(I would be familiar with these names, especially with the ones we read in class)
11
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Who wrote Essays (Of Studies)?
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Francis Bacon
12
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Who accompanies Everyman at the end of the story?
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Good Deeds
13
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Describe the dactylic (dactyl) foot.
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accented, unaccented, unaccented
14
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What work is the following line from?:Come live with me, and be my love,And we will all the pleasures prove,
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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
15
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Who IS the Burning Babe?
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Jesus
16
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A medieval play based on biblical history and scriptural themes.
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Mystery Play
17
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What kind of writing is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
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Medieval Romance
18
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Who finished a translation of the Bible stared by another man?
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Miles Coverdale
19
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What is another name for the English sonnet?
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Shakespearean sonnet
20
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What is the regular recurrence of sounds?
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rhythm
21
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When did Queen Elizabeth I rule?
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from 1558 to 1603
22
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Describe the spondaic (spondee) foot.
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accented, accented
23
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When did the Renaissance occur in relation to the Reformation in England?
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at the same time
24
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What aids in producing the play and helping the reader visualize the setting of scenes by giving details of time, place, and the entrances and exits of characters and other pointers?
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stage directions
25
What refers to the actual movements and speech of characters performing or "acting out" situations on the stage?
action
26
What work is/are the following line(s) from?:"We are now to praise the Maker of the heavenly kingdom, the power of the Creator and his counsel, the deeds of the Father of glory. How He, being the eternal God, became the author of all miracles, who first, as almighty preserver of the human race, created heaven for the sons of men as the roof of the house, and next the earth"
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (more specifically, Caedmon's Hymn)
27
What are some things present in "Utopia" that suggest it is not an ideal society?
slaves, controlling government, etc.
28
Which plays allegorically represented the battle of vices and virtues for the possession of the human soul?
Morality Play
29
Who is considered to be the greatest prose writer of the 14th century in England?
John Wycliffe
30
What two languages, concerning literature, became more popular during The Medieval Period?
Latin and French
31
Who set up the first printing press in England?
William Caxton
32
What is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a definite pattern of two basic varieties, Italian or English?
a sonnet
33
What are the five striking characteristics of Anglo-Saxon literature?
1)love of freedom2)responsiveness to nature (especially in her sterner moods)3)strong religious convictions and a belief in Wyrd, or Fate4)reverence for womanhood5)devotion to glory (as the ruling motive in every warrior's life)
34
What is it called when a character either directly addresses the audience or another character to comment on the action?
aside
35
What is a short narrative folk song which tells of a single (usually tragic) event in an objective, unbiased manner?
The popular balad
36
What are the four traditional qualities of an epic (that were displayed in Beowulf)?
1)It is about a great national hero2)It is written in lofty language3)It contains supernatural elements4)It explores the struggle of good and evil
37
What type of writing was "germinated" during The Medieval Period?
the lyric (as well as the drama)
38
What work is the following line from, and who said it?:"Lo Mephistopheles, for love of thee,I cut mine arm, and with my proper bloodAssure my soule to be great Lucifer'sChief Lord and regent of perpetual night.View here the blood that trickles from mine arm,And let it be propitious for my wish.
Doctor Faustus, Faustus
39
Plays dealing with legends of saints were called _____.
Miracle plays
40
What is the arrangement of events in a drama?
plot
41
What are kennings?
figurative expressions (often compound)
42
What is a drama which ends unhappily?
a tragedy
43
Explain the meaning of the following line(s):"O Death, thou comest when I had thee least in mind;"
No man knows when death is coming; death comes when you least expect it.
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What do(es) the following line(s) demonstrate?:"Have as an exile endured the winterOn the icy sea...."
Responsiveness to nature(from The Seafarer)
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What work is the following line from, and who said it?:"To him I'll build an altare and a church,"
Doctor Faustus, Faustus
46
Who is the first Anglo-Saxon poet whose name we know?
Caedmon
47
Who were some Elizabethan sonneteers?
- Sir Philip Sydney
- Edmund Spenser
- William Shakespeare
48
What were some of the literary forms introduced in the Elizabethan Period?
-the Italian sonnet-the "utopia"-lyric poetry-the romantic allegory-literary criticism-the essay-the drama-the mystery play-the miracle play-the morality play
49
What is a drama which ends happily?
a comedy
50
What does the virgin Una represent? (in the Faerie Queene)
Truth
51
Describe the iambic (iamb) foot.
unaccented, accented
52
What introduces the characters and conflict and provides the necessary background?
exposition
53
What is the Nymph's reply?
simply... no :(
54
What work talked about a married couple?
Get Up and Bar the Door
55
Who are the tree beasts that Beowulf encounters?
Grendel, Grendel's Mother, and the fire-drake
56
What form are Anglo-Saxon works supposed to take?
It was not written, but rather recited or sung (see p2 for further explanation if necessary)
57
Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"?
Geoffrey Chaucer
58
Who is known as the "Father of English Prose"?
John Wycliffe
59
What do(es) the following line(s) demonstrate?:"Wherefore each man should strive, before he leavesThis world, to win the praise of those livingAfter him. The best of posthumous fame"
Devotion to glory(from The Seafarer)
60
What does "Utopia" mean and what is significant about the works name?
"Utopia" means "no place," but has become associated with the idea of a perfect/ideal place. This is ironic because the "utopia" described in the work is far from perfect.
61
What is the speeches between two or more characters or all the speeches of the play taken collectively?
dialogue
62
Who wrote Utopia?
Sir Thomas More
63
What work is/are the following line(s) from?:"O Death, thou comest when I had thee least in mind;"
Everyman
64
The English Reformation has been given many names. Give three of them and explain why they were called that.
- the English Renaissance: because of the rebirth of culture associated with it
- the Tudor Age: because it was ruled by the Tudor monarchs
- the Elizabethan period: because Elizabeth I was the dominant figure under which England achieved a unity of spirit it had never known before
65
Who started a translation of the Bible?
William Tyndale
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What work is/are the following line(s) from?:"If there be a man in this house who holds himself so hardy, is so bold in his blood, so rash in his head, that he dares stiffly strike one stroke for another, I shall give him as m gift this rich gisarm, this axe, that is heavy enough, to handle as he likes; and I shall abide the first bow as bare as I sit."
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight(not exactly sure what he wants us to know about this line; just be familiar with it)
67
Who are some of the characters in Everyman?
(in order of appearance):DeathEverymanGood-DeedsKnowledgeThe AngelDoctor(I would suggest to be familiar with the basic story line of Everyman)
68
What is the Faerie Queene's name?
Gloriana
69
What does the Red Cross Knight represent? (in the Faerie Queene)
the virtue of Holiness
70
What is the correspondence of sounds?
rhyme
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What nickname is given to Anglo-Saxon poets?
Scop
72
Who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
The Pearl Poet
73
What is a form of literature written in prose or poetry or a combination of the two which relies on action to portray life or character? It tells a story by actions and dialogue.
the drama
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What work is the following line from?:Shall I compare thee to a summer's-day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Sonnet 18
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What work is/are the following line(s) from?:Let each of us hold up his hand to the otherAnd each of us become his fellow's brother.We'll slay this Death, who slaughters and betrays."
The Pardoner's Tale
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What work is/are the following line(s) from?:"The present life of man, O king, seems to me, in comparison of that time which is unknown to us, like to the swift flight of a sparrow through the room wherein you sit at supper in winter, with your commanders and ministers, and a good fire in the midst, whilst the storms of rain and snow prevail abroad; the sparrow, I say, flying in at one door, and immediately our at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the wintry storm; but after a short space of fair weather he immediately vanishes our of your sight, into the dark winter from which he had emerged."
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People(see p.11 for line; will most likely want to know general meaning of the simile)
77
Who wrote Doctor Faustus?
Christopher Marlowe?
78
What did Sir Gawain do to the Green Knight?
Cut off his head
79
Describe monometer (monosyllabic foot).
accented
80
Who is known as the "Morning Star of the Reformation"?
John Wycliffe
81
Who wrote "The Prologue in Middle English"?
Geoffrey Chaucer
82
What is a form of writing based primarily on the adventures of various knights and often abounding in the supernatural?
A medieval romance
83
Who wrote The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?
Christopher Marlowe
84
How did the one man kill the other two?
He poisoned the wine which they drank after killing him.
85
What is the genre of the Anglo-Saxon literature?
Poems
86
T/F: Beowulf kills the fire-drake single-handedly.
False: his friend Wiglaf helps him
87
Who wrote The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd?
Sir Walter Raleigh
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What do(es) the following line(s) demonstrate?:"Wherefore my heart leaps within me,"
Freedom(from The Seafarer)
89
What work is the following lines from?:Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments: love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:
Sonnet 116
90
Describe the trochaic (trochee) foot.
accented, unaccented
91
What is a classical love song dealing with shepherds and rustic life and often presenting an idealized concept of rural life?
a pastoral
92
What is the repetition of the accented or stressed vowel sound and all succeeding sounds in words which come at the ends of lines of poetry?
end rhyme
93
Describe the anapestic (anapest) foot.
unaccented, unaccented, accented
94
What is the measured rhythm of a poem?
meter
95
Who wrote "The Burning Babe"?
Robert Southwell
96
What work is considered to be the greatest of the Anglo-Saxon poems and the oldest surviving epic of any Germanic people?
Beowulf
97
What is the pattern in a line of poetry consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables?
a foot
98
Who visits Everyman at the beginning of the story?
Death
99
What term refers to the persons who perform the action in a drama?
characters
100
How does Beowulf end?
Beowulf ends up killing Grendel, Grendel's Mother, and the fire-drake, but ends up dying when he kills the fire-drake.
101
What years are considered to be The Medieval Period?
1066-1485
102
What is another name for the Italian sonnet?
Petrarchan sonnet
103
What is a form of writing that was originally defined as any joyous songs or hymns, but is now associated with Christmas hymns in particular?
The carol
104
How many of the three men were left in "The Pardoner's Tale"?
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