brit lit

Question 1

what was the comic ballad?

Answer 1

get up and bar the door

Question 2

The king chooses Sir Patrick Spens to sail his ship because of Spen’s

Answer 2

fame for his ability as a sailor

Question 3

Sir Patrick’s attitude toward the voyage is mainly one of

Answer 3

dread

Question 4

Sir Patrick Spens goes to sea because

Answer 4

he feels he must obey the king’s orders

Question 5

Barbara Allan rejects John Graeme Because he

Answer 5

ignored and insulted her in public

Question 6

In Get up and bar the door, the wife does not fulfill the husband’s request because she

Answer 6

was busy with holiday cooking

Question 7

In GUaBtD, which of the following causes the husband to speak to the two invaders?

Answer 7

anger

Question 8

How does the wife respond when the husband finally speaks to the two ‘gentlemen’ in GUaBtD?

Answer 8

triumphantly

Question 9

The main character flaw of the married couple in GUaBtD is that they are

Answer 9

stubborn

Question 10

What is the main subject of the first (38) lines of “The Seafarer?”

Answer 10

the challenges and difficulty of life at sea

Question 11

The speaker in “The Seafarer” goes to sea because

Answer 11

he finds the sea irresistable

Question 12

The speaker in “The Seafarer” suggests that it is natural for all sailors who embark on a journey to feel

Answer 12

afraid

Question 13

The speaker in “The Seafarer” is emphatic that earthly life (on land or at sea) is

Answer 13

temporary

Question 14

what does “The Seafarer” conclude is enduring and valuable

Answer 14

the love of God and the hope of heaven

Question 15

The speaker in “The Seafarer” suggests that, compared to the seafarer’s life, life on land is

Answer 15

easier

Question 16

Barbara Allan’s main character flaw is that she is

Answer 16

overly proud

Question 17

Beowulf killed Grendel with his

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hands

Question 18

How long after Grendel’s death did his mother appear to seek revenge?

Answer 18

1 day

Question 19

Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother with ____ .

Answer 19

a Giant’s sword

Question 20

Beowulf reveals to the sentinel (watchman) that his father was a famous warrior named

Answer 20

Edgetho

Question 21

Beowulf is, by ethnicity, a(n)

Answer 21

Geat

Question 22

The forwardmost part of a ship is called the

Answer 22

prow

Question 23

How many warriors did Beowulf choose to accompany him on his quest?

Answer 23

14

Question 24

When the storyteller says that Beowulf is “greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world,” he is using

Answer 24

hyperbole

Question 25

What piece of armor failed Beowulf?

Answer 25

his sword

Question 26

John Graeme’s dying words reveal that he

Answer 26

forgives Barbra Allan

Question 27

Barbara Allan rejects John Graeme because he

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ignored and insulted her public

Question 28

John Graeme sends for Barbara Allan to

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show what she is done to him

Question 29

Beowulf was written by

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an unknown Anglo-Saxon

Question 30

In “Bonny Barbara Allan,” the balladeer suggests that John Graeme’s death is caused by

Answer 30

unrequited love

Question 31

The original text of “The Seafarer” is contained in the ____ .

Answer 31

Exter Book

Question 32

The “V” in NIVLS stands for ____ .

Answer 32

verisimilitude

Question 33

Chaucer is nicknamed “The Father of ____ .

Answer 33

English Poetry

Question 34

Chaucer was exeptionally well traveled for his time

Answer 34

true

Question 35

What is the genre of The Canterbury Tales?

Answer 35

Frame Story

Question 36

In what month does the pilgrimage to Canter bury begin?

Answer 36

april

Question 37

the object of religious veneration of the pilgrimage is ____ .

Answer 37

St. Thomas a Beckett

Question 38

How many pilgrims initially join in the pilgrimage?

Answer 38

29

Question 39

What is the name of the inn from which the characters will start their pilgrimage?

Answer 39

the tabard

Question 40

The Pardoner’s Tale is an example of a(n) ____ .

Answer 40

exemplum

Question 41

What makes the rioter’s forget their quest to kill Death?

Answer 41

greed

Question 42

“The Prodigal Son” is an example of a(n) ____ .

Answer 42

parable

Question 43

The irony of the two rioters celebrating their misdeed is an example of the ____ type.

Answer 43

dramatic

Question 44

What is the old man’s mother’s gate?

Answer 44

his grave (Mother Earth)

Question 45

“You know that you can trust me as a brother;
Now let me tell you where your profit lies”
is an example of the elder rioter’s ____ irony.

Answer 45

verbal

Question 46

What was part of the pardoner’s job that was a major cause of the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 46

selling indulgences

Question 47

Under what genre would “The Tortoise and the Hare” fall?

Answer 47

fable

Question 48

When the rioters find the money, the wickedest says that Fortune gave it to them so that they could live happily ever after. What form of irony is used here?

Answer 48

situational

Question 49

When the rioters make many grisly oaths to God and Jesus and Mary and other saints, they are participating in _____ .

Answer 49

blasphemy

Question 50

How did the friend of the rioters die?

Answer 50

the Black Death

Question 51

Of what do the rioters accuse the old man?

Answer 51

being Death’s spy

Question 52

How many children did Kempe raise?

Answer 52

14

Question 53

At what business was Kempe a failed entrepreneur?

Answer 53

brewing and milling