End of Semester Test English 12A Test with Verified Answers
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End of Semester Test English 12A Test with Verified Answers
1. Which sentence best explains why modern
English reflects the influence of several lan-
guages?
2. favored
drenched
grinned
scoffed
elated
3. What is the reason for the tragic end of the
hero Beowulf?
4. Which three parts of t...
End of Semester Test English 12A Test with Verified Answers
1. Which sentence best explains why modern B. Between AD 500 and
English reflects the influence of several lan- 1200, invaders from several
guages? countries conquered parts of
Britain.
3. What is the reason for the tragic end of the B. hubris
hero Beowulf?
4. Which three parts of this excerpt from Be- His friend to avenge than with
owulf relate to a warrior code? vehemence wail him;
Glory ere death!
To battle-thane noble
Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most
fitting.
5. What do these lines from Sir Gawain and the B. He is modest.
Green Knight reveal about the character of
Sir Gawain?
That no host under heaven is hardier of will,
Nor better brothers-in-arms where battle is
joined;
I am the weakest, well I know, and of wit
feeblest;
6. the trickster Morgan Le Faye
the temptress Bertilak's wife
the hero on a quest Sir Gawain
the hospitable host Bertilak of Hautdesert
7.
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, End of Semester Test English 12A Test with Verified Answers
Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's The narrator mocks the nar-
Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. rative style of epic poetry by
applying it to a beast fable.
O new Iscariot, O new Ganelon!
O false dissimulator, Greek Sinon
That brought down Troy all utterly to sor-
row!
O Chanticleer, accursed be that morrow
Which sentence in the following description
identifies the style used in the excerpt?
8. In this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's B. Pertelote's screams are
Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, likened to the laments of Has-
how is Pertelote, a hen, compared to Has- drubal's wife.
drubal's wife?
When they had caught a sight of Chanti-
cleer.
But fair Dame Pertelote assailed the ear
Far louder than did Hasdrubal's good wife
When that her husband bold had lost his
life,
And Roman legionaries burned Carthage...
9. Which line in these excerpts from the play In worldly riches is all their
Everyman implies that the common people mind:
of the time were leading a life dedicated to
material gain and pleasure-seeking activi-
ties?
10. What do the following lines from the play C. the fleeting nature of earth-
Everyman refer to? ly pleasures
When the body lieth in clay.
Here shall you see how Fellowship and jol-
lity,
Both Strength, Pleasure, and Beauty,
Will fade from thee as flower in May.
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