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English Test 1 Flashcards

1
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greatest poem of the Anglo-Saxon period

A

Beowulf

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2
Q

who did Beowulf kill last

A

the dragon

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3
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represents hour of death

A

Everyman

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4
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wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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The Pearl Poet

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5
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wrote Ecclesiastical History of the English People

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The Venerable Bede

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6
Q

wrote Canterburry Tales

A

Geoffrey Chaucer

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7
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wrote Morte Darthur

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Thomas Malory

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8
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a short narrative folk song which tells of a single event in an objective unbaised manner

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popular ballad

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9
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Bonny Barbara Allan is an example of what

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popular ballad

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10
Q

the stressing of certain syllables or words

A

accent

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11
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a pause or break in a line of poetry

A

caesura

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12
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a short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson

A

exemplum

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13
Q

the pardoners tale is an example of what

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exemplum

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14
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metaphorical compound words or phrases that refer to persons places or things

A

kennings

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15
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a narrative popular during the medieval period the themes include love religious faith the desire for adventure and often involvement with super natural forces

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medieval romance

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16
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a movable stage platform or scaffold upon which medieval dramas were performed

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pageant

17
Q

the three medieval plays

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miricle, mystery, morality

18
Q

an Anglo-saxon poet who composed and recited his own poetry

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scop

19
Q

talks about man longing for the sea

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seafarer

20
Q

theme: the love of money is the root of all evil

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the pardners tale

21
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the four qualities of an epic

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great national hero, lofty language, supernatural elements, and the struggle of good and evil

22
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the oldest epic

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Beowulf

23
Q

what did the bookworm do

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destroyed the words of men

24
Q

first English poet

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caedmon

25
Q

a tale about love between two people

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Bonny Barbara Allen

26
Q

pilgrims travelling 120 potential and 24 written

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cantebarry tales

27
Q

father of pros

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wycliffe

28
Q

only knight not killed in morte darthur

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sir Bedivere

29
Q

Rathgar is from what story

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Beowulf

30
Q

tale of three men looking for death

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padners tale

31
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marry and joseph are from wait story

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cherry tree

32
Q

sir john

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in love with bonny barbara allen

33
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