5V - Literature Practice Test

5V - Literature Practice Test
Answer the questions for each period to see which parts still need some more attention.
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5V - Literature Practice Test
Answer the questions for each period to see which parts still need some more attention.

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Old English


The Old English period

Beowulf

Slide 2 - Slide

Old English Britain knew many rulers. In what order did they rule?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Romans
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.
Viking Invaders
Edward the Confessor

Slide 3 - Drag question

Who are the "Danes"?

Slide 4 - Open question

What is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

Slide 5 - Open question

What are the two main themes of Old English Poetry?

Slide 6 - Open question

What two parts does Beowulf's story consist of?

Slide 7 - Open question

How does the theme of Loyalty come back in each of the two parts of Beowulf's story?

Slide 8 - Open question

Middle English
The Middle English Period

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

The Wife of Bath's Tale

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How did the battle of Hastings influence English language and literature?

Slide 10 - Open question

Explain the term Courtly Love.

Slide 11 - Open question

What is the meaning of the term "Medieval Romance"?

Slide 12 - Open question

Who is Sir Gawain?

Slide 13 - Open question

How does Gawain break the Chivalric Code?

Slide 14 - Open question

What is the symbolic meaning of the Green Girdle? And why does Gawain keep wearing it?

Slide 15 - Open question

Who was Geoffrey Chaucer?

Slide 16 - Open question

Describe the Wife of Bath. Is her description flattering or not?

Slide 17 - Open question

What crime did the knight in the Wife of Bath's Tale commit? What was his punishment?

Slide 18 - Open question

Why does the Hag turn herself into a beautiful and faithful woman in the end?

Slide 19 - Open question

What elements of Middle English Literature does this story contain?

Slide 20 - Open question

War Poets
WW1 Poetry

The Soldier

Dulce et Decorum est

Does it Matter

Slide 21 - Slide

Why was this War called the Great War?

Slide 22 - Open question

What are the three phases of the war? And how did people's attitudes change during them?

Slide 23 - Open question

What event is described in Dulce et Decorum est?

Slide 24 - Open question

How can the tone of Sassoon's writing best be described?

Slide 25 - Open question

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What is the dust in the poem on the previous page referring to? What kind of Stylistic device is used here?

Slide 27 - Open question

Dystopian Literature

Dystiopian literature in the 1900s until now

Slide 28 - Slide

What is Dystopian Literature?

Slide 29 - Open question

What historic events influenced the dystopian literature in the 70s-90s?

Slide 30 - Open question

Slide 31 - Slide

What era is the previous story likely from? How can you tell?

Slide 32 - Open question

In what way have Dystopian protagonists changed over the years?

Slide 33 - Open question