ap lit midterm questions from tests

make sure to review turn of the screw, sun also rises, etc.

how does Catherine earns haw speak?

with passion

how does Nelly Dean speak?

giving advice

how does Isabella Heathcliff speak?

she wants escape

how does mr. Lockwood speak

annoying, in the way

the story is set in Scotland during the late 1700s (T/F)

F

Wuthering is an adj. used to describe the story’s stormy weather of the moors (T/F)

T

Mr. Lockwood learns Heathcliff’s history while recovering from an illness (T/F)

T

The Earnshaw’s home is Wuthering Heights and the Linton’s home is Thrushcross Grange (T/F)

T

Heathcliff is a relative of Mr. Earnshaw who joins the Earnshaws after his own parents die (T/F)

F

As a child, Hindley hates Heathcliff for his strength and good manners (T/F)

F

After the elder Mr. Earnshaw dies, hindley gets his revenge when he begins treating Heathcliff as a servant (T/F)

T

As a result of her first stay with the Linton’s, Catherine wishes to become a lady (T/F)

T

Catherine vows that if she does agree to marry Heathfcliff, she’ll try to wipe Heathcliff out of her memory (T/F)

F

Only after Heathcliff disappears does Catherine agree to marry Edgar (T/F)

T

Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights as a gentleman in appearance and manners (T/F)

T

A fight between Heathcliff and Edgar produces such turmoil in Catherine that she becomes seriously ill (T/F)

T

Heathcliff is forced to marry Isabella when she becomes pregnant with his child (T/F)

F

The young Hareton Earnshaw is like Heathcliff—brutish, unlearned, but passionate (T/F)

T

After their marriage, Isabella quickly grows to hate Heathcliff for his vicious temper (T/F)

T

Linton, Hareton, and the younger Cathy are all cousins (T/F)

T

Linton dies when Heathcliff locks him out in a winter storm (T/F)

F

Hareton tries to improve himself for Cathy’s sake (T/F)

T

Heathcliff is a determined realist who scorns the idea ghosts exist (T/F)

F

During the Anglo-Saxon period, England was invaded by all of the following except the

a. Celts

b. Vikings

c. Jutes

d. Saxons

a. Celts

One of the principle functions of the Anglo-Saxon poet was to

a. provide dance music

b. lead religious exercises

c. translate Latin psalms into English

d. recite songs and tales

d. recite songs and tales

Who is largely responsible for the Anglo-Saxon literature still preserved today?

a. Lords of the mead hall took meticulous records of their people

b. Christian monks and scribes copied and recopied the works they thought were best

c. Roman legions who never left England and loved to write about it

d. A lot of scripts were thrown into a bog and miraculously preserved

b. Christian monks and scribes copied and recopied the works they thought were best

______ was one of the major kingdoms of Britain.

a. Kent

b. Northumbria

c. Wessex

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

The heroic body of verse embodied all of the following ideals except:

a. creativity

b. awareness of the brevity of life

c. loyalty

d. outstanding courage

a. creativity

What is comitatus?

a. relationship between father and son

b. relationship between thane and king

c. relationship between mother and daughter

d. relationship between priest and layperson

b. relationship between thane and king

what is wyrd?

a. fate

b. anglo-saxon food

c. societal ideal

d. monster in Beowulf

a. fate

what is wergild?

a. man price

b. loyal man to Beowulf

c. evil monster descended from Cain

d. value of honesty

a. man price

what epic qualities does Beowulf have?

a. fails/hits a low point

b. hero survives

c. hero becomes a better person

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

what types of Anglo-Saxon poetry are there

a. heroic

b. elegiac

c. boast

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

what are some common characteristics of scribes?

a. christian

b. educated/influenced by Virgil and Homer

c. rich members of Anglo-Saxon society

d. all of the above

e. both A and B

e. both A and B

What is key literature of Anglo-Saxon times?

a. Odysseus

b. Dante’s Inferno

c. Book of Kells

c. Book of Kells

How many kingdoms were in Britain?

a. 4

b. 9

c. 7

d. 5

c. 7

What is the distinction between the two plots of the sea-farer?

a. 1- hardships on sea, 2-faith in God

b. 1-hard life on land, 2- easy life at sea

c. 1-hard life at sea, 2-easy life on land

d. 1-personal connection to the sea, 2- problems with sea boat

a. 1-hardhsips on sea, 2-faith in God

what is the kenning and what does it refer to?

“Eternal, unchanging creator of Earth”

“unchanging creator”-God

“whale-road” is a kenning for

the ocean

what is the kenning and what does it refer to?

“No givers of gold, as once there were,”

“givers of gold”-kings (AS kings)

what is the kenning and what does it refer to?

“the death-noise of the birds instead of laughter,”

“death-noise”-bird screams/silence

what is the kenning and what does it refer to?

“so summer’s sentinel, the cuckoo, sings”

“summer’s sentinel”-cuckoo

what is the kenning and what does it refer to?

“Frost bound the Earth and hail would fall, the coldest seeds.”

“coldest seeds”-hail

The narrator of Beowulf is

a. Beowulf

b. Caedmon

c. unknown

c. unknown

in its original form, beowulf is an epic

a. poem

b. fable

c. novel

a. poem

the work was composed in appx.

a. 410 AD

b. 740 AD

c. 1250 AD

b. 740 AD

the people in the story that Beowulf comes to help are

a. danish

b. english

c. scottish

a. danish

the setting for the events of the story is

a. england

b. Denmark and scotland

c. Denmark and sweden

c. Denmark and sweden

on the night of beowulf’s arrival, grendel

a. devours one of Beowulf’s warriors

b. burns heorot down with his flams

c. leaves heorot to challenge beowulf

a. devours one of beowulf’s warriors

the king of the Danes is

a. hrothgar

b. hygelac

c. wealhtheow

a. hrothgar

in his first encounter with Grendel, beowulf

a. cuts off his head

b. tears out his arm

c. blinds him

b. tears out his arm

aeschere, hrothgar’s chief counselor, is killed by

a. beowulf

b. siegmund

c. grendel’s mother

c. grendel’s mother

beowulf dates from the period of English literature called

a. prosaic

b. old english

c. epic

b. old english

the world’s “bright candle” is

a. the moon

b. the sun

c. beowulf

b. the sun

grendel and the other giants are descendants of

a. cain

b. jezebel

c. adam

a. cain

the dragon’s treasure has been left in a tower by

a. the last of a noble race

b. hyglac’s great-great grandfather

c. a race of giants

a. the last of a noble race

before beowulf dies he asks wiglaf to

a. see that beowulf’s eldest son assumes the throne

b. take the throne himself

c. see that hrothgar’s son is summoned

b. take the throne himself

as beowulf is dying, wiglaf

a. bring beowulf some of the dragon’s treasures

b. promises to avenge beowulf’s death

c. proclaims himself a better fighter than beowulf

a. brings beowulf some of the dragon’s treasures

in honor of beowulf’s memory

a. statue is made

b. mead-hall is built

c. tower is built

c. tower is built

why was grendel exiled

a. he was disrespectful to hrothgrar

b. he broke the rules of anglo-saxon society

c. he was considered a descendant of cain and exiled by god

d. he elected live away from humans

c. he was considered a descendant of cain and exiled by god

the most important people to anglo-saxons were

a. priests

b. sorcerers

c. explorers

d. warriors

d. warriors

how long has Grendel’s mother lived in the subterranean lake

a. since grendel’s death

b. since cain killed his brother abel

c. since she was sent there by hrothgar

d. since her cave on the surface was destroyed by beowulf and his men

b. since cain killed his brother abel

characterize the lake in which Grendel’s mother lived

a. bottomless and composed of hot, boiling blood

b. shallow, but treacherous

c. covered with sheets of jagged ice

d. calm with black water

a. bottomless and composed of hot, boiling blood

what do hrothgar’s men find on their way to search for Grendel’s mother

a. a stash of weapons

b. aeschere’s head

c. a horrible storm

d. a vast treasure

b. aeschere’s head

what does beowulf think has brought on the wrath of the dragon

a. the greed of the geats has awakened the wrath of the dragon

b. the slave is to blame

c. he blames his own lack of piety for angering the dragon

d. he thinks fate brought out the dragon’s wrath

c. he blames his own lack of piety for angering the dragon

why doesn’t grendel attack hrothgar

a. hrothgar wears a protective cloak

b. hrothgar is physically stronger than the monster, and grendel knows it

c. because of a treaty

d. hrothgar is protected by God himself

d. hrothgar is protected by God himself

characterize the battle between grendel and beowulf

a. grendel has the upper hand

b. beowulf loses his courage

c. beowulf is successfully supported by a dozen fierce Great warriors

d. beowulf battles grendel alone and without weapons

d. beowulf battles grendel alone and without weapons

what happens at the end of beowulf’s battle with grendel

a. mortally wounded, grendel returns to his cave to die

b. grendel’s body lies dead at heorot

c. beowulf is mortally wounded by grendel

d. beowulf hangs Grendel’s head from the rafters of heorot

a. mortally wounded, grendel returns to his cave to die

what happens to the bodies of the dead soldiers during anglo-saxon times

a. they were buried with their armor on

b. they were sent to sea without a captain

c. they were left on a field to become part of nature

d. they we're burned on a funeral pyre

d. they were burned on a funeral pyre

according to beowulf, what is the only thing that survives death

a. loyalty

b. writing

c. families

d. fame

d. fame

how does hyglac reward beowulf for his feats

a. he send beowulf back to the danes

b. he gives beowulf his grandfather’s sword and a lot of property

c. he gives beowulf his daughter’s hand in marriage

b. he gives beowulf his grandfather’s sword and lots of property

how does beowulf feel about his upcoming battle against the dragon

a. he is confident that he can defeat the dragon

b. he has a sense of doom just prior to the battle with the dragon

c. he is hopeful that he can win one more victory for the geats

b. he has a sense of doom just prior to the battle with the dragon

what is wiglaf’s response to beowulf’s people after the death of beowulf

a. he makes his peace with them

b. he admonishes them for their cowardice

c. he joins them in celebrating beowulf’s life

b. he admonishes them for their cowardice

what is the role of the 12 horsemen

a. they become wiglaf’s administrative council

b. they travel to the Danes to tell them that beowulf has been killed

c. they remain at beowulf’s tomb to tell the tale of his great fame and glory

d. they begin a war that plunges the Geats once more into turmoil

c. they remain at beowulf’s tomb to tell the tale of his great fame and glory

in this line, “lo, we have listened to many a lay” which letters are alliterated

a. A

b. H

c. L

d. M

e. T

c. L

in all beowulf faced and killed __ adversaries

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

e. 5

c. 3

one of the germanic gods wyrd who represents

a. fate and change

b. warfare

c. nature

a. fate and change

hrothgar warns beowulf to choose happiness and to push away

a. greed and pride

b. danish women

c. complex carbohydrates

a. greed and pride

discuss the atmosphere and imagery of the opening strophes of sir Gawain and the green knight, what effect is created

lively, joyous bc it’s Christmas in Arthur’s castle

describe the green knight

strong, perfect figure, tall, rich (green) clothes, well groomed, presence demands respect

significance of when Gawain gets to chapel lines

chapel is described to be evil and wild and the green knight is compared to the devil

what was Gawain’s demeanor like before the first blow of the axe

Gawain is pretty prepared, but he is scared on the inside and tenses up

the result of the second strophe of the green knight’s axe

Gawain stood still, but it was harmless because the green knight stopped himself

why does green knight taunt sir gawain

taunts sir Gawain for flinching during the first strike (cowardice)

why does green knight go from tempter to confessor

he praises Gawain for being moral and says that he can not truly kill him

why does the green knight strike on the third blow

the third blow represents the third day where Gawain wasn't sincere because his wife gave him three kisses and the sash but Gawain only gave host (green knight) three kisses

how does Gawain react when he learns the truth of what he has done

he is extremely ashamed

why does Gawain react the way that he does when the green knight reveals his identity

realizes that green knight knows all of his lies

what is the lesson Gawain has learned

honor requires honesty, never be perfect

how does the green knight react to Gawain’s confession

lets Gawain keep girdle (sash) and green knight respects Gawain’s honesty

why does Gawain continue to wear the green sash

to remind him of his shame and indiscretions

how do the other knights react to Gawain’s return

they praise and glorify him

All of the pilgrims have a chance to tell their tale in the Canterbury tales (T/F)

F

The Oxford clerk loves to learn and teach (T/F)

T

In the Knight’s tale, Saturn helps Venus grant Palamon his wish (T/F)

T

To escape capture, Arcite disguises himself as a scholar (T/F)

F

Palamon is in prison fifteen years (T/F)

F

In the Knight’s tale, Emily wants to marry (T/F)

F

In the wife of bath’s tale, the squire discovers that what women want most is a gentle and honest lover (T/F)

F