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Poetry Selections

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning – identify how the speaker feels regarding his absence
The Seafarer – identify the plot and setting
The Wife's Lament – identify the wife’s wish
The Wanderer – identify the reason the speaker is in exile
The Seafarer, The Wanderer, and The Wife's Lament - review background information
Sonnet 18 – what happens to the subject of the poem?
Sonnet 116 – identify figurative language
Sonnet 130 – paraphrase the speaker’s feelings
Paradise Lost – significance of the rebellion of the fallen angels and "man’s first disobedience"

Reading Selections
Beowulf – review background information on module page, general plot
The Canterbury Tales – review the setting of the Prologue, identify background regarding the knight in The Wife of Bath
Macbeth – general plot, summarize Duncan’s character, note significance of the bloody dagger, identify why Banquo has hope that his prophecy will come true
The Death of King Arthur – note Sir Bedivere’s resolution of internal conflict, implications of the fight between Arthur and Modred, reason the siege of Benwick was called off
A Journal of the Plague Year – identify inferred message regarding death, mode of narration
Gulliver's Travels – identify king of Brobdingnag’s conclusion of the English, Gulliver’s importance to the Lilliputians
An Encounter with King George III – implications of the King’s illness
The Prince – identify Machiavelli’s position on cruelty, religion, and the role of princes
A Dictionary of the English Language – review the preface

1. What was the knight's original punishment in The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath?

10 years imprisonment
death by beheading
excommunication
death by hanging

2. In a play, a remark directed at the audience or a specific character, not meant for other characters on stage to hear is known as

verse drama.
a soliloquy.
foreshadowing.
an aside.

3. Which poetic device is used in the following excerpt?

My feet were cast
In icy bands, bound with frost,
With frozen chains, and hardship groaned
around my heart.

metaphor
simile
imagery
repetition

4. In Macbeth, why does Macbeth bring the bloody daggers to his wife?

He feels anguish and is shocked by his actions.
He wants her to see why she would not have been able to carry out the deed.
He wants to prove that he has murdered Duncan.
He want her to praise him for the deed.

5. In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth knows that Duncan is coming to her castle because

the servants tell her.
Lady Macduff tells her.
a messenger tells her.
Macbeth tells her.

6. According to the passage below from The Seafarer, what aspect in the world does the speaker feel is missing?

At my sea-weary soul. No man sheltered
On the quiet fairness of earth can feel
How wretched I was, drifting through winter
On an ice-cold sea, whirled in sorrow,
Alone in a world blown clear of love,
Hung with icicles. The hailstorms flew

love
sunshine
food
warmth

7. A reader's response to literature is affected by the authors _________________, which is their attitude toward the writing.

mood
voice
diction
tone

8. Which poem is written in blank verse and is rich with allusions which helps engage the reader and highlight the theme?

Paradise Lost
Beowulf
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
The Canterbury Tales

9. An educated guess based on the author's expression is known as

paraphrasing.
visualization.
an inference.
drawing conclusions.

10. In Macbeth, why does Banquo have hope that his prophecy will come true?

He believes Macbeth will make Fleance his heir.
He wants Macbeth to have an heir.
He knows everything else the witches said has come true.
He is certain Fleance would be a great king.

11. The speaker in The Wanderer is in exile because

his lord and all his kinsmen have been killed.
he deserted his family.
he seeks the unknown.
he is being punished.

12. A cold wet sailor who clings to his storm tossed boat describes which poem?

The Wife's Lament
The Seafarer
Sonnet 116
The Wanderer

13. The author is known for which of the following poems?

The Wife's Lament
The Seafarer
The Wanderer
None

14. Which reading selection best illustrates the use of verisimlitude?

Le Morte D'Arthur
A Journal of the Plague Year
The Prince
The Canterbury Tales

15. In Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver becomes important to the Lilliputians because

the Lilliputians want his help exploring the wilderness.
the Lilliputians want his help with food preparation.
the Lilliputians want his help building a place of worship.
the Lilliputians want his help against Blefuscu.

16. Which type of poetry uses complicated metaphors and combines emotion and intellect?

sonnets
romantic
metaphysical
cavalier

17. Which type of figurative language is used in the following lines of Sonnet 116?

O no, it is an ever-fixéd mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand’ring bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.

metaphor
simile
apostrope
personification

18. In Gulliver's Travels, the field that Gulliver is in, as well as, the person who sees his transition is unusual because

both the field and the person are covered with ship debris.
both the field and the person are extremely small.
both the field and the person are gigantic.
both the field and the person are hard to see because of the weather.

19. The repetition of the same stressed vowel and consonant sounds that follow the vowel is known as

slant rhyme.
alliteration.
exact rhyme.
end rhyme.

20. In Gulliver's Travels, according to Gulliver's description, the king of Brobdingnag concludes what regarding the English?

The English are the most helpful creatures ever to walk the earth.
The English would be the best defense regarding an attack.
The English are the most destructive creatures ever to walk the earth.
The English have technological knowledge that could help them advance.

21. Beowulf is what type of poem?

sonnet
Victorian
elegy
epic

22. What is the result of the fight between Arthur and Modred, in The Death of King Arthur?

They both die.
Arthur kills Modred and lives.
Modred kills Arthur and lives.
They are both severely wounded but survive.

23. How does Beowulf die?

Grendal's mother outsmarts him
from wounds incurred in his final fight.
by being stabbed in the back by Wiglaf.
the Danes accidentally kill him

24. Regarding Hannibal's cruelty, Machiavelli

disapproves of Hannibal’s cruelty because he took his subjects property.
disapproves of Hannibal’s cruelty because his subjects suffer.
approves of Hannibal’s cruelty because that trait helped Hannibal appear religious.
approves of Hannibal’s cruelty because that trait helped Hannibal be in control.

25. In Macbeth, how do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth place the blame of Duncan's death on his guards?

They offer the guards wine and make sure they are seen drinking.
They use the guards' daggers to stab Duncan.
They persuade the guards to leave their post.
They dress in the guards' clothes to commit the murder.

26. Burney was surprised to encounter the king on her walk, in An Encounter with King George III because

she specifically altered her walk.
she thought the king's guards didn't allow him there.
the king didn't walk on Mondays.
the king could not walk.

27. The literary concept of __________________ is the unique expression of an author.

diction
tone
voice
argument

28. An author's intent of providing hints to the reader regarding future events is known as

allusion.
foreshadowing.
characterization.
dramatic irony.

29. What message about death can be inferred from the narrator’s descriptions in A Journal of the Plague Year?
Death only occurs to those without families.
Death is painless.
Death strips away all social and economic distinctions.
Death is natural.

30. In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth decides not to kill Duncan because

she believes it is Macbeth's duty.
she is seen by the guards and turns back.
Duncan reminds her of her father.
she gets frightened in the dark hall.

1 answer

Here are the answers to the questions based on the poetry and reading selections you've provided:

  1. What was the knight's original punishment in The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath?

    • Answer: death by beheading

  2. In a play, a remark directed at the audience or a specific character, not meant for other characters on stage to hear is known as

    • Answer: an aside.

  3. Which poetic device is used in the following excerpt?

    • Answer: imagery.

  4. In Macbeth, why does Macbeth bring the bloody daggers to his wife?

    • Answer: He feels anguish and is shocked by his actions.

  5. In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth knows that Duncan is coming to her castle because

    • Answer: a messenger tells her.

  6. According to the passage below from The Seafarer, what aspect in the world does the speaker feel is missing?

    • Answer: love

  7. A reader's response to literature is affected by the authors _________________, which is their attitude toward the writing.

    • Answer: tone

  8. Which poem is written in blank verse and is rich with allusions which helps engage the reader and highlight the theme?

    • Answer: Paradise Lost

  9. An educated guess based on the author's expression is known as

    • Answer: an inference.

  10. In Macbeth, why does Banquo have hope that his prophecy will come true?

    • Answer: He knows everything else the witches said has come true.

  11. The speaker in The Wanderer is in exile because

    • Answer: his lord and all his kinsmen have been killed.

  12. A cold wet sailor who clings to his storm tossed boat describes which poem?

    • Answer: The Seafarer

  13. The author is known for which of the following poems?

    • Answer: None (The author of "The Wife's Lament," "The Seafarer," and "The Wanderer" is uncertain as these are anonymous Anglo-Saxon works.)

  14. Which reading selection best illustrates the use of verisimilitude?

    • Answer: A Journal of the Plague Year

  15. In Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver becomes important to the Lilliputians because

    • Answer: the Lilliputians want his help against Blefuscu.

  16. Which type of poetry uses complicated metaphors and combines emotion and intellect?

    • Answer: metaphysical

  17. Which type of figurative language is used in the following lines of Sonnet 116?

    • Answer: metaphor

  18. In Gulliver's Travels, the field that Gulliver is in, as well as, the person who sees his transition is unusual because

    • Answer: both the field and the person are gigantic.

  19. The repetition of the same stressed vowel and consonant sounds that follow the vowel is known as

    • Answer: exact rhyme.

  20. In Gulliver's Travels, according to Gulliver's description, the king of Brobdingnag concludes what regarding the English?

    • Answer: The English are the most destructive creatures ever to walk the earth.

  21. Beowulf is what type of poem?

    • Answer: epic

  22. What is the result of the fight between Arthur and Modred, in The Death of King Arthur?

    • Answer: They both die.

  23. How does Beowulf die?

    • Answer: from wounds incurred in his final fight.

  24. Regarding Hannibal's cruelty, Machiavelli

    • Answer: approves of Hannibal’s cruelty because that trait helped Hannibal be in control.

  25. In Macbeth, how do Macbeth and Lady Macbeth place the blame of Duncan's death on his guards?

    • Answer: They offer the guards wine and make sure they are seen drinking.

  26. Burney was surprised to encounter the king on her walk, in An Encounter with King George III because

    • Answer: she thought the king's guards didn't allow him there.

  27. The literary concept of __________________ is the unique expression of an author.

    • Answer: voice

  28. An author's intent of providing hints to the reader regarding future events is known as

    • Answer: foreshadowing.

  29. What message about death can be inferred from the narrator’s descriptions in A Journal of the Plague Year?

    • Answer: Death strips away all social and economic distinctions.

  30. In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth decides not to kill Duncan because

    • Answer: Duncan reminds her of her father.

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