Brit Lit Midterm 2019

This is a two-word poetic renaming of something

• Allusion 
• Aliteration
• Kenning
• Sonnet 

What did the Ghost tell Hamlet?

• He is not his father
• He killed himself
• The truth about his death
• His mother killed him 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Who was a student and loyal friend to Hamlet?

• Guildenstern
• Laertes
• Rosencrantz 
• Horatio 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False:
 Polonius sends Reynaldo to spy on Laertes 

• True
• False 

The theme of Beowulf is: 

• The strongest always triumph
• Everyone needs help
• Good triumphs over evil 
• Evil will always win 

Who leads the pilgrims on their journey in "The Canterbury Tales"?

• The Host
• The Knight
• The Oxford-Cleric
• Chaucer 

Who did Hamlet stab behind the tapestry? 

• Ophelia
• Polonius
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
• Laertes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Who is Polonius's son

• Horatio
• Laertes
• Claudius
• Rosencrantz 

In Beowulf, the author includes beliefs and ideals from

• the pagan religion
• the Christian religion
• both the pagan and Christian religion
• Neither of the two

Gertrude tells Laertes that Ophelia has died. What happened?

• She died of a broken heart
• She has taken poison
• She was stabbed 
• She drowned