Literature Questions

The poem that may be called the foundation-stone of all British poetry is called

• Robin Hood
• Beowulf
• Romeo and Juliet
• The Canterbury Tales

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CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Three languages were used during the 7th-14th centuries except 

• English
• French
• Greek
• Latin

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The Canterbury Tales were written by

• Cynewulf
• John Wyclif
• William Langland
• Geoffrey Chaucer

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

The stories about Robin Hood were by genre

• poems
• ballads
• novels
• tales

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CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Macbeth is a play mostly about ______.

• forest fairies

• mistaken identity

• star-crossed lovers

• political ambition

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

The Renaissance period in Britain lasted in the

• 15-16th centuries

• 14-17th centuries

• 12-13th centuries

• 17-18th centuries

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

William Shakespeare was born in

• 1675

• 1289

• 1564

• 1432

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

William Shakespeare did not write

• Twelfth Night

• The Merchant of Venice

• Antony and Cleopatra

• The Silent Woman

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

William Shakespeare wrote ______ love poems.

• 146

• 154

• 183

• 131

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

One of the main heroes in this poem was Satan.

• Beowulf

• Hamlet

• Utopia

• Paradise Lost

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9