English Final Review

Question 1

What was the system of government run by lords?

Answer 1

Feudalism

Question 2

What was the time period in which Shakespeare wrote?

Answer 2

The Renaissance

Question 3

How did Shakespeare answer the dilemma of his sonnets?

Answer 3

Through the couplet

Question 4

What was the place of pilgrimage in spring for many English Christians?

Answer 4

Canterbury

Question 5

What is the beginning of an Italian sonnet called?

Answer 5

Octave

Question 6

When two or more words in the same line have the same initial sound it is called?

Answer 6

Alliteration

Question 7

An implied meaning behind a word’s definition is?

Answer 7

Connotation

Question 8

Who was the ruler of England during Shakespeare’s time?

Answer 8

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 9

Who was the son of Cain and a horrible monster?

Answer 9

Grendel

Question 10

What body part did Beowulf present to the king?

Answer 10

The head

Question 11

Which character fears murder from Hamlet?

Answer 11

Gertrude

Question 12

What does the L in STEAL stand for?

Answer 12

Looks

Question 13

What was Shakespeare’s nickname?

Answer 13

Bard of Avon

Question 14

What is the oldest known surviving work in the English language?

Answer 14

Beowulf

Question 15

The country of which Hamlet is the prince is?

Answer 15

Denmark

Question 16

What does the E in STEAL stand for?

Answer 16

Effect on others

Question 17

What was the reason Shakespeare lost his theatre and we almost lost Beowulf?

Answer 17

Fire

Question 18

What was the gift Gawain kept for himself?

Answer 18

The green sash

Question 19

ABBA or ABAB (for example) would be known as a?

Answer 19

Rhyme scheme

Question 20

Which enemy finally slays Beowulf?

Answer 20

The dragon

Question 21

Who is the most successful user of the English language?

Answer 21

Shakespeare

Question 22

What does the S in STEAL stand for?

Answer 22

Speech

Question 23

Who is the creator of the sonnet?

Answer 23

Petrarch

Question 24

What was the type of poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight called?

Answer 24

Alliterative

Question 25

“This, above all, ________________.”

Answer 25

To thine own self be true

Question 26

Four group lines of poetry are called?

Answer 26

Quatrain

Question 27

A group of words that replace a noun or name are called?

Answer 27

Kenning

Question 28

What is the type of code knights must practice called?

Answer 28

Chivalry

Question 29

What does Hamlet call Polonius after his death?

Answer 29

A fool

Question 30

What was the name of Shakespeare’s theatre?

Answer 30

Globe Theatre

Question 31

What type of poem was Beowulf?

Answer 31

Epic

Question 32

What does the T in STEAL stand for?

Answer 32

Thoughts

Question 33

What is a major sin in Christianity, Hamlet’s desire, and Ophelia’s death?

Answer 33

Suicide

Question 34

What is a dictionary definition called?

Answer 34

Denotation

Question 35

What does the A in STEAL stand for?

Answer 35

Actions

Question 36

What does Hamlet call Polonius when he is “mad”?

Answer 36

A fishmonger

Question 37

What body part does Beowulf keep as a trophy?

Answer 37

The arm

Question 38

What was the holiday that the Green Knight interrupted?

Answer 38

Christmas

Question 39

Who was the terrible foe who lived deep in the sea?

Answer 39

Grendel’s mother

Question 40

What were the gifts Gawain offered to his lord each of the three nights?

Answer 40

Kisses

Question 41

What is Claudius doing that stops Hamlet from killing him?

Answer 41

Praying

Question 42

“Get thee to a __________.”

Answer 42

Nunnery

Question 43

What is a 14-line poem called?

Answer 43

Sonnet