EL106-Teaching and Assessment of Literature Studies (ALCORIZA)

Which of the following quotations from “The Prologue” is the best example of imagery?

• “He’d seen some service with the cavalry”

• “In fifteen mortal battles he had been”

• “Just home from service, he had joined our ranks”

• “Thinly they fell, like rat-tails, one by one”

The following author is a source for Chaucer's Knight's Tale

• Boccaccio

• Boethius

• Shakespeare

• Boccaccio and Boethius

It is Chaucer’s favorite rhyme scheme, the couplet, is composed of

• four consecutive rhyming lines

• two consecutive rhyming lines

• two lines without rhyme

• internally rhymed line followed by a nonrhyming line

Some of Chaucer’s couplets use half rhymes, which are words that

• share similar but not identical sounds

• begin with the same consonant sound

• end with the same vowel sound

• sound nothing alike

“Lord Randall” reveals how the rhythm of old ballads is strongly related to

• a complicated rhyme scheme

• conventional narrative poetry

• musical meter

• written verse

When do most scholars believe “Beowulf” was written?

• between 6^th to 7^th century

• between 8^th to 9^th century

• between 7^th to 8^th century

• Unknown

Who is the author of “Beowulf?

• King Arthur

• Shakespeare

• Anonymous

• Geoffrey Cheuffer

Which of the following quotations from Beowulf contains alliteration?

• “Murderous flames, spreading them everywhere.”

• “But war could have followed.”

• “The ancient blade broke, bit . . ., drew blood”

• “The monster came quickly toward him.”

Which of the following quotations from Beowulf contains a kenning?

• “At last he saw the mud of the bottom.”

• “And all at once the greedy she-wolf”

• “Woven metal had not helped”

• “the steel-edged blade lay where / He’d dropped it.”

How does Beowulf die?

• He is poisoned by bad mead

• Dragon Bites

• Consumed by the Plague

• Unknown