Final Flashcards
The story of Beowulf is best described as
A very early English epic poem
Chaucer’s young partying characters in the Pardoner’s tale
are greedy rascals who get what they deserve according to the Pardoner
The language of Chaucer’s tale is called
Middle English
Grendel is
a monster that cannot be harmed by swords or spears
At the time Beowulf was first being told, a great leader was
A heroic warrior who could command the loyalty of his followers through his strength and valour.
If we retold the story of Beowulf from the point of view of the monster, who would the villain be?
Beowulf
Hamlet is Shakespeare’s greatest
tragedy
Hamlet berates himself throughout the play because
he is unable to do what he knows he should do
If one character in Hamlet could be called ‘evil’ it would be
Claudius
In Chaucer’s “The Pardoner’s tale” the title character is
A corrupt priest who sells phony religious relics and indulgences to make money
Which animal hides during the Battle of the Cowshed
Mollie
To whom does Napoleon express his contempt for Snowball’s windmill plans?
By urinating on them
Who reduces the ideals of Animalism to the phrase “Four legs good, two legs bad”?
Snowball
Who teaches the sheep to chant “Four legs good, two legs better”?
Squealer
What is sugar candy mountain?
The idea of animal heaven preached by Moses the raven
How many letters is Boxer able to learn?
Four - A through D
Which of the pigs proves the best writer?
Snowball
Which pig writes the poem lauding Napoleon?
Minimus
What does Napoleon rename Animal Farm in his toast at the end of the novel?
The Manor Farm
Why does Napoleon believe that he is dying the morning after he drinks the whisky?
Because he has a miserable hangover
With whom do Napoleon and his pigs play cards at the end of the novel?
Mr. Pilkington and some other farmers
What is the name of the quasi-Marxist socialist philosophy advocated by Napoleon and Snowball?
Animalism
What are Boxer’s maxims?
“Napoleon is right” and “I will work harder”
Which animal voluntarily leaves the farm?
Mollie
What is Boxer’s ultimate fate?
Napoleon sells him to a glue factory
What was Mr. Jone’s main vice?
Alcohol
Which of the following pigs composes the song that replaces “Beasts of England”?
Minimus
What title does Napoleon eventually assume for himself
President of the Republic
Which animal refuses to become excited about the windmill?
Old Benjamin
What is the reason for the windmill’s initial collapse?
It falls in a storm
Which animal discovers the truth about Boxer’s destination when the pigs load him into a cart claiming that he is being taken to a doctor?
Benjamin
Which Russian leader does Snowball most resemble?
Trotsky
Which Russian leader does Napoleon most resemble?
Stalin
What Russian institution does the raven Moses evoke?
The Russian Orthodox Church
What is an Elizabethan Sonnet
A poem with 14 lines broken into 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet
In Beowulf’s time, a hero was someone who
Rescued damsels in distress, defended the crown, was a good war chief who could lead his followers to wealth and Success n battle.
A kenning is..
A two word substitute for a noun that works as a metaphor.
“…He was, by gad, an old comrade of yours;
And he was slain, all suddenly, last night,
When drunk, as he sat on his bench upright;
An unseen thief, called Death, came stalking by,
Who hereabouts makes all the people die,
And with his spear he clove his heart in two
And went his way and made no more ado…..”
The figure of speech used in the lines above is..
Personification
The main theme of Pardoner’s Tale
Greed is the root of all evil
An “allusion” is
A reference to a commonly known person place or thing.
Where are the pilgrims going in the Canterbury Tales?
To visit the relics of Saint Thomas A Beckett at Canterbury.
What is a simile
A figure of speech using a comparison to one thing to another, using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech when an action or object is compared to something else.
Allegory
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Structure of a sonnet
- All sonnets are 14 lines long.
- Sonnets in English are written in iambic pentameter, which means that each line has 10 syllables, alternating in an unstressed/stressed pattern.
- Sonnets follow a predetermined rhyme scheme; the rhyme pattern determines if the sonnet is Petrarchan (italian), Shakespearean, or Spenserian.
- All sonnets are characterized by a “turn” located at a designated point in the sonnet.
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Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Iambic pentameter
a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long
Theme of Beowulf
Leadership, good vs. evil
Didactic
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
How is Inherit the wind didactic?
It’s bad to repress thought, freedom of thought.
Didactic
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
What style of english is hamlet
Modern English
Who’s Jeremiah Brown
The figure of religious authority in Hillsboro. Reverend Brown preaches a creed based on the fear of God and the punishment of sinners.
The theme of Inherent in the wind?
Freedom of thought, right to think.
Bertram Cates (movie)
A twenty-four-year-old science teacher and the defendant in the trial. Gets arrested.
Henry Drummond (movie)
A famous lawyer from Chicago whom the Baltimore Herald sendsto defend Cates.
Rachel Brown
Cates girlfriend
Who drowns in the river
Tommy Stebbins
Tom Davenport
The local district attorney.
Who always comments on what’s going on?
The greek chorus. Harry Esterbrook cuts of Brady in the middle of his victory speech.
