LIT FINAL Flashcards
How many plays did shakespeare write?
37
During the Renaissance, what type of human love was considered the highest and most spiritual?
platonic
the typical Shakespearean sonnet is composed of what four divisions?
three quatrains and a couplet
What is the typical shakespearean rhyme scheme?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
In sonnet 18 (“shall I compare thee…), what does Shakespeare discuss the superiority of his loved one to?
The lovliness of nature
In Sonnet 73 (the time of year…), what does shakespeare compare old age to?
a dying fire, the fall season, a sunset
Macbeth resembles what type of midieval drama?
tragedy plays
What are the reasons as to why Shakespeare used witches rather than devils in Macbeth?
Because of their relevance, witches would’ve intended the effect
what quotation introduces the theme of an upside down world?
fair is fowl and fowl is fair
what images of evil are prominently associated with Duncan’s murder?
night, the raven, blood
which of the witches’ profecies about Macbeth is the only one not fulfilled by the end of Act 1
He would be king
What statement of the end of the play is not true?
Macbeth shows greater remorse than does Lady Macbeth
What is the primary function of the Porter (“knock, knock, knock”) in Act II?
to provide comic relief for the audience
who has served as a foil to Macbeth up to Act III of the play?
Banquo
Macbeth’s soliloquy at the start of Act II is prompted by what?
the sight of an imaginary deer
what are Macbeth’s motives for murdering Banquo?
Banquo’s royal nature, bravery and wisdom
The appearance of Banquo’s ghost at the banquet in his honor is an example of what type of irony?
situational
Macbeth’s visit to what place reflects his belief that he is not able to retreat from his course of evil?
The witches’ cave
Macbeth’s actions disrupt what?
nature, society, and the family
According to hectate, what is “mortals’ chiefest enemy”?
overconfidence
Seeing Ross in England, Macduff reveals his priorities by asking what?
First about his country, second about his wife, and last about his children
What prevents Macduff from getting complete revenge on Macbeth?
Macbeth has no children
What does Lady Macbeth have by her at all times in Act V?
a light
In his “Tomorrow” speech, Macbeth describes life as what?
A candle, a shadow, and an actor
Who is speaking to whom in the following quotation: “fail not our feast”?
Macbeth to Banquo
True or False: Shakespeare’s great history plays were written during the first half of his career
false
True or False: During his lifetime, Shakespeare achieved a great reputation but not financial success
true
True or False: The witches alone are able to destroy Macbeth with their own powers
False
True or False: Lady Macbeth cannot kill Duncan because she is “too full o’ the milk of human kindness”
False
True or False: Macbeth says that his mind is full of vipers a symbol of treachery
False (scorpions)
True or False: the king that Macbeth sees carrying a ,mirror in the witches’ cave represents King James
True
the most accurate assessment of the middle ages is that the period was what?
a time of dyanmic change
what became the language of the ruling class and business after the norman invasion?
French
the actiona that contributed most to the development of Old English as a witten language was what?
the introduction of the Latin alphabet
What are the common feature of Old English poetry?
irony alliteration variation
King Edwin’s counselor uses the illustration of the sparrow to portray what?
the brevity of life
the subject of “Caedmon’s Hymn” is what?
creation
in Beowulf, the Danes are being assulted by Grendel because of what sin?
pride
one evidence of the mixing of pagan and christian elements in beowulf is what?
the confusion of Wyrd as Providence
the anglo-saxon term for fate is what?
wyrd
which word best describes the attitude of the shield and the weathercock inthe anglo saxon eiddles?
resigned
according to The Anglo Saxon Chronicle, which word best describes William the Conqueror as a ruler
severe
Old English literature reacted primarily against the _______threat to society while Middle English literature sought to remedu the ____threat to society
external; internal
which writers most influenced Middle English poets who wrote for sophisticated audiences?
French
In “For the Order of the Priesthood”, Wycliffe taught that the primary requirement for the clergy is what?
a godly lifestyle
In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer’s use of a pilgrimage was appropriate for what reasons?
he structurally united a variety pf tales in a single compsition; It provided a vehicle for social commentary by bringing together people from all walks of society; it brought together a variety of people with universal character traits
by saying that the Prioress “was not undergrown. as all could see”, chauer uses what literary term?
understatement
what ballad is not concerned with death?
Get Up and Bar the Door
Sir Thomas Mallory’s Morte’d Arthur is an example pf what?
a medieval romance
which of these elements in the Nun’s Priest’s Talealludes to the biblical story of man’s fall?
the reference to march
