End of Semester Test: English 12A Test with Verified
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1. Which sentence best explains why modern English B. Between AD
reflects the influence of several languages? 500 and 1200, in-
vaders from sev-
eral countries con-
quered parts of
Britain.
2. Match the words that have the same denotations. favored ’ lucky
drenched ’ soaked
grinned ’ smiled
scoffed ’ mocked
elated ’ happy
3. What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero B. hubris
Beowulf?
4. Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate His friend to
to a warrior code? avenge than with
vehemence wail
Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son: him;
"Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better,
[His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;] Glory ere death!
[Each of us must the end-day abide of]
His earthly existence; who is able accomplish & To battle-thane
noble
[Glory ere death!] [To battle-thane noble Lifeless lying, 'tis
Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.] 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,
. . ."
5. What do these lines from Sir Gawain and the Green B. He is modest.
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;
, End of Semester Test: English 12A Test with Verified
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6. Medieval romances abounded in archetypes. Most the trickster ’ Mor-
characters in romances fit into a certain archetypal gan Le Faye
mold. Match the characters from Sir Gawain and the the temptress ’
Green Knight to the archetypes they represent. Bertilak's wife
the hero on a
quest ’ Sir Gawain
the hospitable host
’ Bertilak of Haut-
desert
7. Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in B. The narrator
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. mocks the narra-
tive style of epic
O new Iscariot, O new Ganelon! poetry by applying
O false dissimulator, Greek Sinon it to a beast fable.
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.]
8. In this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in B. Pertelote's
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, how is Pertelote, a screams are
hen, compared to Hasdrubal's wife? likened to the
laments of Has-
When they had caught a sight of Chanticleer. drubal's wife.
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...
Answers Graded A+
1. Which sentence best explains why modern English B. Between AD
reflects the influence of several languages? 500 and 1200, in-
vaders from sev-
eral countries con-
quered parts of
Britain.
2. Match the words that have the same denotations. favored ’ lucky
drenched ’ soaked
grinned ’ smiled
scoffed ’ mocked
elated ’ happy
3. What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero B. hubris
Beowulf?
4. Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate His friend to
to a warrior code? avenge than with
vehemence wail
Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son: him;
"Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better,
[His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;] Glory ere death!
[Each of us must the end-day abide of]
His earthly existence; who is able accomplish & To battle-thane
noble
[Glory ere death!] [To battle-thane noble Lifeless lying, 'tis
Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.] 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,
. . ."
5. What do these lines from Sir Gawain and the Green B. He is modest.
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;
, End of Semester Test: English 12A Test with Verified
Answers Graded A+
6. Medieval romances abounded in archetypes. Most the trickster ’ Mor-
characters in romances fit into a certain archetypal gan Le Faye
mold. Match the characters from Sir Gawain and the the temptress ’
Green Knight to the archetypes they represent. Bertilak's wife
the hero on a
quest ’ Sir Gawain
the hospitable host
’ Bertilak of Haut-
desert
7. Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in B. The narrator
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. mocks the narra-
tive style of epic
O new Iscariot, O new Ganelon! poetry by applying
O false dissimulator, Greek Sinon it to a beast fable.
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.]
8. In this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in B. Pertelote's
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, how is Pertelote, a screams are
hen, compared to Hasdrubal's wife? likened to the
laments of Has-
When they had caught a sight of Chanticleer. drubal's wife.
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...
