English 435 Final Exam - First Semester
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Grammar!
- Parts of Speech
- Parts of a Sentence
- Phrase
Essential Vocabulary!
Literature!
Beowulf
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How does Hrothgar know of Beowulf?
How long does Beowulf reign as king of the Geats?
Beowulf says he will use ____ against Grendel.
Who helps Beowulf against the dragon?
Who taunts Beowulf in Heorot?
From whom is Grendel descended?
How many Geats does Grendel kill?
What is Hrunting?
Where do the Geats place Beowulf’s Lighthouse?
Where do Grendel and his mother live?
What is a scop?
What is the name of Hrothgar’s wife?
How did the dragon’s treasure get in the barrow?
From about when does the only existing Beowulf manuscript date?
Macbeth
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Who kills Macbeth?
How many men reign as king of Scotland throughout the play?
Whom does Lady Macbeth frame for the murder of Duncan?
Who kills Banquo?
Which of the following best describes Lady Macbeth’s death?
Who discovers Duncan’s body?
Whom does Macbeth see sitting in his chair during the banquet?
What vision does Macbeth have before he kills Duncan?
With whom are the Scots at war at the beginning of the play?
Which nation’s army invades Scotland at the end of the play?
Who is the goddess of witchcraft in the play?
Who kills Donalbain?
What happens to Lady Macbeth before she dies?
Who kills Lord Siward’s son?
Where are Scottish kings crowned?
Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth despite the witches’ prophecy?
Where is Duncan killed?
Who flees Scotland to join Malcolm in England?
What was the weather like the night Duncan was murdered?
Who kills Lady Macbeth?
Who flees Scotland immediately after Duncan’s death?
Who jokes that he works at “hell gate”?
What title is Macbeth given after his victory described in Act 1?
Who tells Macduff that his family has been killed?
How does Birnam Wood come to Dunsinane?
Brave New World
• What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
• The term for birth in the Hatchery is?
• How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers? The main point of Chapter Two was to tell the
reader what?
• Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?
• Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
• How does the Solidarity Service end?
• How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
• Where is the Savage Reservation located?
• How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
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English 435 Final Exam - First Semester
Dulski
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Which one of the following World State sayings has to do with soma?
What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
What was the first book that John read as a child?
What feeling do Bernard and John have in common?
After his return from the Reservation with the Savage, what event leads to Bernard’s fall from social grace?
How did Bernard anger Mustapha Mond?
What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?Why does the Controller say there is no need for “God”?
Many things are banned because they would upset the stability of society. Which of the following items is not banned?
After retreating to the lighthouse, what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
What motivates John’s suicide at the end of the novel?
(What does John call Lenina after she tried to “Take Him” in John’s Apartment?
Who rejects Lenina's sexual advances?
The Seafarer
• In the poem The Seafarer, the writer chooses to live a life at sea because?
• It was discussed in class that the seafarer had not found what he had been looking for in far off ports or the ocean. Where did
he hope to find his wants?
The Canterbury Tales
- Prologue
- Wife of Bath
- Pardoner
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A.D. 1066
How many pilgrims join the speaker at the Tabard Inn?
What is one simile used to describe the Squire?
What is distinctive about the Yeomen’s dress?
How does the Nun Prioress avoid swearing?
What is the one thing the host does not insult regarding the Nun Prioress?
Who are the Nun’s four traveling companions?
The Monk would rather ______ then do his monkly duties.
The Friar’s name is _____.
The Friar avoids dealing with _____.
What is the Sargeant of Law’s greatest talent concerning his work?
What does the Cleric do with the money his friends give him?
What is the Franklin best known for?
What dish is the Cook best known for?
What is the Doctor’s special love?
What is the talent of the Woman from Bath?
What does the parson not only teach, but follow?
The parson’s brother is?
What simile is used to describe the Miller’s mouth?
What is the Miller doing as the pilgrims leave town?
What is ironic about the Manciple?
How did the Reeve’s employees feel about the Reeve?
What was the problem with the Summoner’s appearance?
How did the Pardoner fool the poor, uneducated people of England?
The host was what kind of person?
Who wins the Host’s contest?
What do women most desire, according to the Wife of Bath?
What wasn’t a choice given to the Knight by the old Woman in the Wife of Bath’s Tale?
In the Wife of Bath’s Tale, when the Knight gave the old woman sovereignty, what did she decide?
What is personified in the Pardoner’s Tale?
What happens to the rioters in the Pardoner’s Tale?
What is ironic about the Pardoner’s Tale?
Who is the Holy Blissful Martyr?
Who told the first tale?
Who are Chaucer’s three favorite pilgrims?
How does Grendel fit into The Canterbury Tales?
What does the winner of the contest win?
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English 435 Final Exam - First Semester
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, what was the challenge made by the Green Knight?
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, what is not a conflict faced by Gawain in the host’s castle?
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, how does Gawain break his promise to his host?
What is a possible theme of the Romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
168. What is a kenning?
169. What is a caesura?
According to Mr. Dulski, why is the Brave New World a sexual society?
A Modest Proposal
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The tone of “A Modest Proposal” could best be described as what?
In “A Modest Proposal,” Swift displays the greatest contempt for whom?
Of the following, who supports British policy in Ireland?
In “A Modest Proposal,” Swift is least concerned with the problem of what?
Part Four: Essay!
WHAT IS A HERO? AND, CONVERSELY, WHAT IS NOT A HERO?
It must be five paragraphs. You must NOT use your opinion or your experiences. You must only use the texts that we have
covered this semester to support your answer. In other words, you must use specific examples from the texts.
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