Literature Quiz/PardonersTale/MidsummerNight

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 Literature Quiz /The Taming of the Shrew

Who do we consider to be the first inhabitants of Britain?

1. The Romans
2. The Scots
3. The Picts
4. The Celts

What is the right order?

1. Bronze Age - Stone Age - Iron Age
2. Iron Age - Bronze Age- Stone Age
3. Clay Age - Bronze Age- Iron Age
4. Stone Age - Bronze Age- Iron Age

What were the Celts later named?

1. Britons
2. Romans
3. Scots
4. Picts

When was Britain successfully invaded by the Romans?

1. In 55 BC
2. In 43 AD
3. In 34 AD
4. In 55 AD

How did the Romans keep out the Picts and the Scots?

1. Building a large fortress
2. Building castles
3. Building of Hadrian's Wall
4. Building of churches

What language did the Romans speak?

What remnants =(overblijfselen) have the Romans left?

Why did the Romans leave?

Which tribes invaded Britain after the Romans left?

1. Angles, Saxons, Jutes
2. Angles, Saxons , Germans
3. Angles, Saxons, French
4. Angles, Saxons ,Danes

Who lived in the area called The Danelaw?

1. The Saxons
2. The Picts
3. The Normans
4. The Vikings

What kind of work is Beowulf?

1. A sculpture
2. A song
3. A painting
4. An epic poem

What is the language you've just heard?

1. Old English
2. Middle English
3. Modern English
4. Latin

How were poems & tales passed on during the Anglo-Saxon period?

1. Written down
2. Written down and sung by minstrels
3. Word of mouth, sung by scops or minstrels
4. Only images were used

Which sentence is an example of alliteration?

1. The snow is a white blanket
2. Sheep should sleep in a shed

Why did William, Duke of Normandy claim the throne of England?

1. His ancestors had been on the throne for a long time so he was the rightful heir.
2. It was promised to him by Edward the Confessor
3. He was the only one fit to be king
4. He wanted a change of scenery

When was the Battle of Hastings?

1. 1044
2. 1055
3. 1033
4. 1066

Which remnant( overblijfsel) is left from that period, which shows us what the battle was like?

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

1. William Shakespeare
2. King Arthur
3. Geoffrey Chaucer
4. Harold of Godwinson

How many tales do we have beside the Prologue?

What's a link-and-frame story?

Where does Chaucer meet the pilgrims?

1. On a boat in London
2. On a farm
3. Near the Thames
4. In an inn in London

What is a rioter /reveler in Middle English?

1. someone who acts loud and noisy in a public space
2. someone who acts quiet in a public space
3. someone who protests against injustice
4. someone who likes to celebrate

How does the story fit the character of the Pardoner?

Chaucer uses verbal irony.How?

1. He intentionally lets Death win
2. He makes fun of Death
3. He intentionally lets the rioters act differently from the reality of the situation.
4. He intentionally lets the Pardoner act differently from the reality of the situation.

What is the message of the tale?

1. Greed is the root of all evil
2. Sharing is caring
3. Greed is the root of all evil and the wage of sin is death
4. Be wary of your friends

How many cardinal sins are used in the tale?

Why is the 23rd of April such an important date in relation to Shakespeare?

1. He died on that day
2. He was born on that day
3. He was born and died on the same date
4. He finished writing

What kind of play is A Midsummer Night's Dream?

1. A tragedy
2. A comedy
3. An mystery play
4. historical play

Which of the young Athenians is first affected by the love potion?

1. Helena
2. Lysander
3. Hermia
4. Demetrius

What does Oberon want that Titania refuses to give him?

1. Her attendant, an Indian boy
2. Her maid- in waiting
3. Her magic wand
4. Her love

How does Puck prevent Demetrius and Lysander from fighting?

1. By transforming their weapons to weeds
2. By squeezing the love potion onto their eyelids
3. By mimicking their voices and causing each to get lost in a separate part of the forest
4. By freezing them

Who blesses Theseus and Hippolyta with a magical charm at the end of the play?

1. Puck
2. Titania
3. Oberon and Titania
4. Oberon

Who said:
"Though she be but little, she is fierce!

1. Robin
2. Oberon
3. Hippolyta
4. Helena

Who said:
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

1. Puck
2. Hermia
3. Titania
4. Helena

Who said
"The course of true love never did run
smooth "

1. Puck
2. Oberon
3. Lysander
4. Hermia

Who said:
"Cupid is a knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad"

1. Puck
2. Hermia
3. Titania
4. Helena

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