End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) (Scored 88%)
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End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) (Scored 88%)End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) (Scored 88%)End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) (Scored 88%)End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) (Scored 88%)Which sentence best explains why modern English reflects the influence of several l...
End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) (Scored 88%)
Which sentence best explains why modern English reflects the influence of several languages? - ANSWER-B. Between AD 500 and 1200, invaders from several countries conquered parts of Britain.
Match the words that have the same denotations. - ANSWER-favored → lucky
drenched → soaked
grinned → smiled
scoffed → mocked
elated → happy
What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero Beowulf? - ANSWER-B. hubris
Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a warrior code?
Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son:
"Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better,
[His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;]
[Each of us must the end-day abide of]
His earthly existence; who is able accomplish
[Glory ere death!] [To battle-thane noble
Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.]
Arise, O king, [quick let us hasten
To look at the footprint of the kinsman of Grendel!]
I promise thee this now: to his place he'll escape not, . . ." - ANSWER-His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;
Glory ere death!
& To battle-thane noble
Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.
What do these lines from Sir Gawain and the 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; - ANSWER-B. He is modest. Medieval romances abounded in archetypes. Most characters in romances fit into a certain archetypal mold. Match the characters from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to the archetypes they represent. - ANSWER-the trickster → Morgan Le Faye
the temptress → Bertilak's wife
the hero on a quest → Sir Gawain
the hospitable host → Bertilak of Hautdesert
Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
O new Iscariot, O new Ganelon!
O false dissimulator, Greek Sinon
That brought down Troy all utterly to sorrow!
O Chanticleer, accursed be that morrow
Which sentence in the following description identifies the style used in the excerpt?
[These lines describe the false beliefs that Chanticleer held.] The proud Chanticleer is being mocked in these lines for having raised such outcry. [The narrator mocks the narrative style of epic poetry by applying it to a beast fable.] [The proud Chanticleer is mocked by the other hens because he was making much of the dream.] - ANSWER-B. The narrator mocks the narrative style of epic poetry by applying it to a beast fable.
In this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, how is
Pertelote, a hen, compared to Hasdrubal's wife?
When they had caught a sight of Chanticleer.
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... - ANSWER-B. Pertelote's screams are likened to the laments of Hasdrubal's wife.
Which line in these excerpts from the play Everyman implies that the common people of
the time were leading a life dedicated to material gain and pleasure-seeking activities?
Of ghostly sight the people be so blind,
Drowned in sin, they know me not for their God.
[In worldly riches is all their mind:]
They fear not my righteousness, the sharp rod;
...
Out of God's laws, and dreadeth not folly.
[He that loveth riches I will strike with my dart,]
His sight to blind, and from heaven to depart,
[Except that Almsdeeds be his good friend,]
...
For before God thou shalt answer and show
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