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END OF SEMESTER TEST; ENGLISH 12A(PLATO) EXAM 2024-2025
Which sentence best describes how current English reflects the impact of multiple
languages? - ANSWER B. From AD 500 to 1200, invaders from various countries
captured parts of Britain.
Match the terms that share the same connotation. - ANSWER favored = lucky.
From drenched to soaking.
grinned - smiled
scoffed -> mocked
Elated → Happy
What is the reason for Beowulf's tragic end? - Answer B. Hubris
Which three portions of this Beowulf extract refer to a warrior code?
Beowulf responded as Ecgtheow's son:
"Grieve not, O wise one; for each, it is best.
[His friend to avenge than wail him vehemently;]
[Each of us must abide by the end of the day]
His earthly existence; who can achieve
[Glory before death!] [To battle-thane nobility]
,Lifeless lying is at last most fitting.]
Arise, O King; let us hasten.
Look at the footprint of Grendel's kin!
I guarantee thee this now: to his place he'll not escape,..." - ANSWER His friend to
avenge than to grieve him;
Glory before death!
& To Battle-thane Noble
Lifeless lying is finally the most apt.
What do the following sentences from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight suggest
about Sir Gawain's character?
No host under heaven has a stronger will.
Nor better brothers-in-arms, where conflict is engaged.
I am the weakest, I know, and have the feeblest intellect; - ANSWER B. He is
modest.
There were several archetypes in medieval romances. The majority of romantic
characters follow a specific archetypal pattern. Match the characters in Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight with the archetypes they represent. - Morgan Le Faye is the
trickster.
The temptress - bertilak's wife
Sir Gawain is a hero on a quest.
Bertilak of Hautdesert is a welcoming host.
, This passage is from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
O new Iscariot! O new Ganelon!
O false dissimulator, Greek sinon.
Troy was completely devastated by this!
O Chanticleer cursed be the morrow.
Which sentence in the following description best describes the style utilized in the
excerpt?
[These words describe Chanticleer's faulty views.] The pompous Chanticleer is
chastised in these lines for raising such an outcry. The narrator mocks the
storytelling form of epic poetry by putting it to a beast myth.
In this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales,
how is Pertelote, a hen, like Hasdrubal's wife?
When they caught sight of Chanticleer.
But lovely Dame Pertelote attacked the ear.
Much louder than Hasdrubal's good wife.
When her husband, Bold, had died.
And the Roman legionaries burnt Carthage... - ANSWER B. Pertelote's screams
resemble Hasdrubal's wife's laments.
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