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End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO)
Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Which sentence best explains why modern English reflects the influence of
several languages?
✓ ~~> B. Between AD 500 and 1200, invaders from several countries
conquered parts of Britain.
Match the words that have the same denotations.
✓ ~~> favored → lucky
drenched → soaked
grinned → smiled
scoffed → mocked
elated → happy
What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero Beowulf?
✓ ~~> B. hubris
Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a warrior code?
Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son:
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"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, . . ."
✓ ~~> 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?
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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;
✓ ~~> 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.
✓ ~~> 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
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End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO)
Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Which sentence best explains why modern English reflects the influence of
several languages?
✓ ~~> B. Between AD 500 and 1200, invaders from several countries
conquered parts of Britain.
Match the words that have the same denotations.
✓ ~~> favored → lucky
drenched → soaked
grinned → smiled
scoffed → mocked
elated → happy
What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero Beowulf?
✓ ~~> B. hubris
Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a warrior code?
Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son:
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"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, . . ."
✓ ~~> 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?
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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;
✓ ~~> 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.
✓ ~~> 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
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