(Q) English Midterm Exam Questions

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What was the most important source for the events during the Anglo-Saxon period?

the Anglo Saxon Chronicles

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What were the dates of the anglo Saxon Period?

450-1066

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When was the first copy of Beowulf written?

890-1000 AD`

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What was the predominant religion of the anglo Saxon Period?

paganism

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What was inside the hag’s cave?

a giant’s sword and the body of Grendel

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What did Beowulf’s men do in the first battle with Grendel?

stood ready with swords drawn

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What did Beowulf’s men do in the last battle with the dragon?

ran away

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Why does the dragon begin his attacks on Beowulf’s kingdom?

somebody took a chalice from him

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Who wrote the best known version of the King Arthur legends?

Sir Thomas Malory

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What is the name of the best known King Arthur book?

Mort d’ Arthur

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What were the 3 main vows in the Code of Chivalry?

God, King, and Women

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How did Arthur get his first sword?

he pulled it out of the stone

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What was the name of Arthur’s second sword?

Excalibur

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What was the deal between the Green Knight and Gawain?

Gawain can hit him one time, then a year later he must find the knight so he can be hit back

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Where did Arthur get his round table?

Guinevere’s dowry

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How did King Arthur die?

stabbed by Mordred

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in what time period were the stories of King Arthur set?

Medieval times

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What happened to King Arthur’s last sword?

it was thrown back in the lake

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Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?

Geoffrey Chaucer

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What is the first part of the Canterbury Tales called?

the prologue

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Whose tomb do the pilgrims visit?

Thomas A’Beckett

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What is the moral of the Nun’s Priest’s Tale?

do not trust a flatter

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In the Wife of Bath’s tale, why does the hag turn into a beautiful woman?

because the man gave her the one thing women truly want, which is the right to choose their own destiny

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In the Pardoner’s tale, who is the “privy thief”?

death

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Who killed the Archbishop of Canterbury?

the king’s knights

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What is the name of Arthur’s kingdom?

Camelot

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Who was the first poet to write Elizabethan style sonnets?

Edmund Spencer

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In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" what does the speaker promise his love?

a perfect country life

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In "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" under what condition does the  nymph promise to live with him?

if they will be young forever and have no sorrow or troubles

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In Spenser's "Sonnet 1"  when are the pages of the book happy?

when they are being read by her

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In "Sonnet 31" to whom or to what is the speaker talking?

the moon

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What is the theme of pastoral writing?

sheep and shepherds

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In Shakespeare's "Sonnet 29" when does the speaker find joy and comfort?

when he is asleep

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In "Sonnet 116" the speaker says that  love is what to every wandering ship?

the north star

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Who was Queen during Shakespeare’s time?

Elizabeth I

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What was the main theme of Petrarch’s sonnets?

unrequited love

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Why does Lord Randall die?

he was poisoned by his lover

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Why does Barbara Allen go home to die?

her boyfriend died

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Why was Edward leave home?

he killed his father

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In “Kemp Owyne”, how is the young woman released from the evil spell?

she is kissed 3 times

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Why was Charles Dickens desperate for A Christmas Carol to be successful?

he had 3 flops in a row

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How does writing A Christmas Carol change Dickens?

it makes him a better person and he forgives his father

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Who was the father of Queen Elizabeth I?

King Henry VIII

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What church did Elizabeth I's father start?

The Church of England

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What was the first version of the Bible to be printed in English?

King James Bible

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Who was Arch Bishop during King Henry VIII’s reign?

Sir Thomas Moore

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What topic of disagreement led to Sir Thomas Moore being beheaded?

Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon

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What is a parable?

a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

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