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Middle Ages: literary facts

Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon Monster

1. true
2. false

Old English and Anglo Saxon are the same

1. True
2. False

Kenning is a

1. Alliteration in poetry
2. a kind of baked fish, a medieval dish
3. break in the middle of a line, the 2nd part of line explains the 1st
4. used to write on objects

A scop is a

1. poet
2. travelling story teller
3. writer
4. singer-songwriter

What is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry?

Chaucer has written:

1. poetry and plays
2. A tragedy
3. poetry and The Canterbury Tales
4. A history play

Who tells the Miller's Tale?

the Renaissance

Elisabeth I

1. was a patron of the arts
2. had 6 husbands
3. was a Roman Catholic
4. was Catharine of Aragon's daughter

Bloody Mary

1. Elisabeth's sister and Anglican
2. Elisabeth's sister and a Roman Catholic
3. Henry's Mother
4. Followed Elisabeth as queen of England

In The Miller's Tale, the lady is put on a pedestal

1. false
2. true

You must know the 7 deadly sins. In which book do all of these occur?

1. Beowulf
2. The Ecclesiastical History of the English people
3. The Miller's Tale
4. The Canterbury Tales

Sir Patrick Spense is a sonnet
(you should know what is its story as well)

1. True
2. False

Why is Henry VIII important?

Why is Henry VIII an interesting
historical figure?

Bloody Mary reigned in the period following Elisabeth's reign

1. true
2. false

Bloody Mary had many protestants burned alive at the stake

1. True
2. False

Elisabeth the first had 2 nicknames:
(in alphabetical order, with an enter in between)

What is NOT a topic of a sonnet?

1. The delight of food
2. Love
3. The eternal life of writers

How many lines does a sonnet have?
(Type a number)

What is the difference between a Petrachian sonnet and a Spenserian sonnet?

What is the volta?

1. The last 2 lines of a Shakespearian sonnet with a summary
2. The last 2 lines of a Shakespearean sonnet with a twist

Shakespeare wrote 3 types of plays:
Mention all three of them

The function of the chorus is:

Watching the fate of the tragic hero in a Greek tragedy would result in the audience feeling cleansed, also known as: (1 word_

Mention Shakespeare's tragedies

Shakespeare's comedies:

Shakespeare's History Plays:

What kind of poet was John Donne and what does he write about in The Flea?