Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. from ​
Beowulf​
pg. 24 1. Before Beowulf arrives, the survivors of Grendel’s attacks are those who a. feign sleep b. show no fear c. fight as a united group d. leave the hall before nightfall 2. Lines 90­100 suggest that Beowulf is motivated to go to Denmark by a. love of adventure b. the offer of a reward c. hope of achieving fame d. a desire to help the helpless 3. The watchman who sees the Geats is, at first, a. fearful b. furious c. suspicious d. welcoming 4. When Grendel realizes Beowulf’s strength, he tries to a. flee b. find a weapon c. plead for his life d. call for assistance 5. Beowulf’s men are of no help to him because a. they are asleep b. they are bewitched c. they are too frightened d. their weapons are useless 6. Which of the following does Beowulf use to kill Grendel? a. magic b. his hands c. his sword d. Grendel’s own claws 7. During the battle with Grendel’s mother, Beowulf is driven on mainly be a desire for a. glory b. wealth c. justice d. revenge 8. Of the following, which is most responsible for saving Beowulf’s life in the battle against Grendel’s mother? a. his mail shirt b. his sword c. his strength d. his cunning 9. The poem suggests that Beowulf’s superiority or greatness is apparent to a. only the Geats b. only the Danes c. only human beings d. all who come in contact with him 10. Which of the following lines best foreshadow the outcome of the battle between Beowulf and Grendel? a. lines 314­316 b. lines 324­325 c. lines 364­367 d. lines 374­377 from ​
The Canterbury Tales: The Pardoner’s Tale ​
(pg. 126) 11. The attitude of the tavern­knave toward Death is one of a. respect b. loathing c. superiority d. unconcern 12. The tavern­knave claims that the best attitude to take toward death is to a. scorn him b. flee from him c. search for him d. be careful of him 13. At first, the attitude of the three rioters toward Death is one of a. respect b. loathing c. superiority d. amusement 14. As the rioters go out on their search, their language is all of the following EXCEPT: a. boold b. profane c. clever d. boastful 15. Which of the following reflects the old man’s attitude toward dying? a. terror b. hatred c. affection d. yearning 16. The old man scolds the three rioters for their a. cruelty b. disrespect c. drunkenness d. attitude toward Death 17. The three rioters believe that the old man is a. Death’s spy b. Death’s enemy c. Death in disguise d. the ghost of a dead man 18. Which of the three rioters commit(s) murder? a. all of them b. none of them c. only the two who stay behind d. only the one who goes into town 19. Death defeats the three rioters by appealing to their a. pride b. greed c. vanity d. worst fears from ​
The Canterbury Tales: from The Prologue 20. Near the beginning of “The Prologue”, the narrator reveals that his main motivation for making the pilgrimage is a. guilt b. loneliness c. religious devotion d. desire for adventure 21. Which of the following pairs of characters does the narrator admire most? a. the Prioress and the Cook b. the Parson and the Knight c. the Plowman and the Wife of Bath d. the Merchant and the Sergeant at the Law 22. What does the host suggest as a prize for the best story? a. a new horse for the ride home b. a free night’s lodging at the inn c. a semi­cope made of worsted wool d. a supper paid for by all the pilgrims from ​
The Canterbury Tales: from The Wife of Bath’s Tale​
(pg. 134) 23. After listening to the Wife of Bath, what does the Pardoner plan to do? a. wed a younger woman b. put off his marriage c. marry within a year d. cancel his marriage plans 24. What is the Wife of Bath’s attitude toward the tale she is about to tell? a. grave b. moral c. pretentious d. humorous 25. Who does the Wife of Bath say has purged the fairies that lived in the time of King Arthur? a. the knights b. the friars c. women d. King Arthur 26. What is one of the Wife of Bath’s opinions about women? a. Women cannot keep a secret b. Women are easily lead astray c. Old women are ugly and rude d. Women want wealth and treasure 27. On their wedding night, the old woman questions the knight about a. his beliefs and values b. his family background c. why he married her d. the cause of his unrest 28. The old woman offers the knight a choice between a. poverty and wealth b. learning and ignorance c. beauty and faithfulness d. good manners and good deeds 29. In order to win his bride, what does the knight finally do? a. he vows to love the old woman despite everything b. he chooses to make the pilgrimage to Canterbury c. he cannot make a decision, so he asks the Queen to decide d. he remembers the advice that saved his life and heeds it Hamlet 30. Claudius is all of the following EXCEPT a. Hamlet’s uncle b. Gertrude’s husband c. King of Denmark d. King of Scotland 31. Hamlet is the only one at court who a. still wears mourning clothes b. can read and write c. drinks too much d. is truly loyal to King Claudius 32. The line, “Frailty, thy name is woman” is said by Hamlet to a. Ophelia b. Osric c. Gertrude d. The Player Queen (actor) 33. Ophelia is torn between her feelings for Hamlet and a. the demands of the church b. her duty to her father c. her devotion to music d. her desire for independence 34. “Get thee to a nunnery” is addressed to a. Gertrude b. Hamlet c. Ophelia d. The Ghost 35. Hamlet resents Gertrude’s marriage to a. her husband’s brother b. a complete stranger c. a Norwegian d. Fortinbras 36. The soliloquy “To be or not to be” is a meditiation on a. war and peace b. life and death c. good and evil d. corruption and ideal 37. The ghost tells Hamlet a. to leave the Queen alone b. Polonius was involved in his death c. he can trust Horatio d. to accept Claudius as the new King 38. How did Claudius kill king Hamlet a. pours poison in his ear b. stabs him with a sword c. fastens a brick to his feet and drowns him d. strangles him in his sleep 39. Hamlet feels Gertrude is guilty of a. usurping (stealing) the throne b. killing her brother c. an incestuous marriage d. loving Polonius 40. Hamlet feels he can trust only a. Horatio b. Laertes c. Gertrude d. Claudius 41. Hamlet, Laertes, and Fortinbras have in common the fact that a. they all go to the same college b. they are all patriotic Danes c. their fathers have all been killed d. their mothers have all been unfaithful 42. The turning point in the action occurs when a. Claudius confesses his guilt in a soliloquy which Hamlet overhears b. Polonius is killed and everyone mourns the loss c. the king becomes panicky after the performance of “The Mousetrap” d. Hamlet changes as a result of several episodes at sea, on the way to England Sonnets 18 1
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? 2
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: 3
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, 4
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: 5
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, 6
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; 7
And every fair from fair sometimes declines, 8
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; 9
But thy eternal summer shall not fade 10
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; 11
Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, 12
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: 13
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, 14
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. 43. Which lines from the sonnet explain why the subject’s beauty will be remembered forever? a. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” b. “And every fair from fair sometime declines,?By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed.” c. “But thy eternal summer shall not fade?Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest.” d. “So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,/So long lives this and this gives life to thee.” 44. “Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” Which word from the sonnet best reveals the meaning of ‘temperate’? a. summer’s b. lovely c. rough d. darling 45. What type of figurative language is used in line 11? a. alliteration b. simile c. personification d. repetition 46. Which lines would be considered the couplet of the sonnet? a. 1 and 2 b. 1 and 3 c. 12 and 14 d. 12 and 13 Literary Terms​
Please match the correct definition to each term 47. ________ quatrain
A. writing not meant to be taken seriously 48. ________ soliloquy
B. a written picture created using the five senses 49. ________ imagery
C. four lines of poetry 50. ________figurative language
D. a speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage a.