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WorksheetsUnit 1, Part 2 BJU Brit Lit: Middle Ages
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which represents the correct punctuation of an in-text citation for a quote taken from a book written by Dawne Beck?
a)
"Go, Dawgs he cried (Smart 9)."
b)
"Go, Dawgs," he cried (Smart 9).
c)
"go dawgs" he cried. (Smart 9)
2.
Which part of the sentence is the independent clause that can stand alone?
Since it's fall, the weather is cooler.
a)
Since it's fall,
b)
the weather is cooler.
3.
Which part of the sentence is the prepositional phrase?
Without a doubt, it is vital that I read my Bible.
a)
Without a doubt
b)
it is vital
c)
that I read my Bible.
4.
Which sentences are correctly punctuated with FANBOYS?
a)
I love fall, I have to have some cider!
b)
I love drinking cider, and I plan to have some this weekend.
c)
When will the weather cool off?
5.
Which are FANBOYS?
a)
in, into, with
b)
for, and, nor
c)
to play, to run, to be
6.
Which are subordinate conjunctions represented by WWW.ASIA.WUB?
a)
Who, which
b)
when, while, where, because
c)
pretty, kind, smart
7.
We see in this piece that the society of the 1400s was changing. The ideals of chivalry and courtly love were not going to be sustainable as feudalism broke down. Which relationships depict the breakdown of chivalry and knighthood?
a)
Launcelot and King Arthur
b)
King Arthur and Modred
c)
Launcelot and Guinevere
d)
King Arthur and Sir Bedivere
8.
Sir Modred tried to usurp the throne of Arthur.
a)
False
b)
True
9.
Sir Modred tried to convince Queen Guinevere to marry him.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Guinevere pretended to say yes to Modred but really planned to hide in the Tower.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The Archbishop tries to convince Modred not to usurp the throne.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
King Arthur finds his nephew Bedivere mortally wounded and carries him to safety. (p. 55)
a)
True
b)
False
13.
When Sir Gawain is about to die, he longs to make peace with Sir Launcelot, even though Launcelot had given him the wound that was reopened and would lead to his death. (p. 56)
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Sir Arthur has a dream that the "pivoted trampoline" (which is like a bouncy house" will plunge him into a pit of serpents, dragons, and wild beasts..
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Arthur also dreams that some ladies and Sir Gawain, who is dead, visit him and warn him to make a treaty with Modred until Sir Launcelot can arrive to help Arthur fight. (p. 57)
a)
True
b)
False
16.
What is dauntless?
a)
assistance in time of need
b)
incapable of being intimidated or discouraged; fearless
17.
Sir Bedivere kills Modred in battle (p. 58).
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Sir Bedivere cuts Arthur on the side of the helmet, cutting through it and into the skull beneath before crashing to the ground, gruesome and dead.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Sir Lucas and Sir Bedivere take Arthur to a chapel after he is mortally wounded, which fits into the idea of him being a Christ-figure who is willing to live and die for his people.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
What is Excalibur? (a)
Choose from the below words
King Arthur's sword
Sir Gawain's horse
The Green Knight's wife
21.
What does Arthur want Sir Bedivere to do with Excalibur? (a)
Choose from the below words
give it to Modred
throw it to the Lady in the Lake
give it to Queen Guinevere
22.
Bedivere watches Arthur be carried away to Avalon on a barge in which sat many beautiful ladies with their queen and who lamented for the king. (p. 59)
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Which signal phrases does Sir Thomas Malory use to end the text and to hint at the story being a legend? (on page 60)
a)
"...as written down by Sir Bedivere. By some it is told..."
b)
"In many parts of Britain it is believe that King Arthur did not die and that he will return to us and win fresh glory and the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesu Christ..."
c)
"Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there lived a king."
24.
Here lies Arthur, the once and future king.
a)
This is the inscription on Arthur's throne.
b)
This is the inscription on Arthur's tomb.
c)
This is the inscription on Launcelot's horse.
25.
Match the voabulary.
a)
hagiography
1.
biographies of the saints
b)
baleful
2.
expressing hatred or evil; harmful
c)
expound
3.
To explain in further detail
d)
advent
4.
The coming or arrival or something or so
e)
commission
5.
To authorize someone to do something
26.
Bede was a --- who compiled An Ecclesiastical History of the English People.
(a)
27.
Bede is credited with popularizing the use of AD (in the year of the Lord) to signify years after the traditional date of the birth of Christ.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Bede sought to trace God's working in England in order to glorify God and instruct readers (didactic literature). What is the second reason he wrote?
a)
to show unified identify for the English peoples, one based on shared history
b)
to help people forget their trials
c)
to preserve the legends of the Turkish invaders
29.
Bede recorded the origin story of a monk named Caedmon, the oldest English poet, and one of the oldest (maybe THE oldest) Old English (a) .
30.
Mark the epithets from Caedmon's hymn.
a)
eternal Lord
b)
for men earth
c)
Mankind's Guardian
d)
holy Creator
31.
Mark the kennings from Caedmon's hymn.
a)
middle-earth
b)
holy Creator
c)
mind-plans
d)
heaven's kingdom's
32.
Bede characterizes Caedmon in a manner traditional to a hagiography. Which two things are true?
a)
Caedmon is very pious.
b)
Sir Gawain gifted Caedmon with a harp while on a a journey back to King Arthur's court.
c)
Caedmon's gift of music and songs is a miraculous gift from God.
33.
Caedmon has a dream while guarding the pig sty.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Caedmon is told in his dream to sing of (a) .
35.
Caedmon told his dream to the abbess (head nun of a convent) and the most learned men the day after his vision. She was impressed with his poetry that glorified God and told him to take vows as a monk (monastic vows).
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Riddles can test a person's (a) and worthiness.
37.
Anglo-Saxons loved riddles.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
A favorite type of medieval humor or satire was __________ life. (a)
Choose from the below words
married
hunting
courting
fighting off dragons in daily
39.
Songs were used to worship, for evening community gatherings, or to make work more fun.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
"The Cuckoo Song" is bout fall's arrival.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
I sing of a maiden" is a _________________ _______________. (2 words) (a)
Choose from the below words
medieval hymn
prose romance
medieval romance
42.
Oral storytelling preserves accounts of interesting historical events and people to display what the culture valued while giving us glimpses of everyday life. These are in the form of folk _______________. (a)
Choose from the below words
ballads
folk poem
lyric
43.
Features of folk ballads, riddles, and songs include: (5)
a)
the author is anonymous
b)
they are brief and concentrated
c)
they include repetition
d)
songs have a refrain
e)
imagery and figurative language
44.
Folk ballads are written in stanzas of quatrains (4 lines per stanza).
1st and 3rd contain 4 stresses and no rhyme
2nd and 4th contain 3 stresses and rhyme. (p. 69)
a)
True
b)
False
45.
Ballads may be a form of social criticism today. Look for forms of injustice as you read and listen. Ballads are always (a) (n------es) because they tell stories.
46.
"Sir Patrick Spens" is a riddle.
a)
True
b)
False
47.
"The Sailing" is part one of the work "Sir Patrick Spens." It tells of the king in Dunfermline, Wales seeking a man to bring his daughter from across the sea back home to him.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
It's a good time of year to sail, which makes the king's demand of Sir Patrick reasonable.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
"The Return" involves not the men returning but ____________ (line 45) returning. (a)
Choose from the below words
a feather bed
maidens
the son of the king
50.
"Get Up and Bar the Door" is a ballad.
a)
True
b)
False
51.
"The Cuckoo Song" welcomes summer.
a)
True
b)
False
52.
"I sing of a maiden" is a religious lyric of Jesus' passion (suffering and death).
a)
True
b)
False
53.
"Get Up and Bar the Door" focuses on a married couple who are selfish and refuse to give in during an argument.
a)
True
b)
False
54.
"Will ye kiss my wife before my een, / and sca'd me wi' pudding bree?" (scald me with broth) are lines from which work?
a)
"I sing of a maiden"
b)
"The Cuckoo Song"
c)
"Get Up and Bar the Door"
d)
"Sir Patrick Spens"
55.
"Sing, cuckoo, now; sing, cuckoo; / Sing cuckoo; sing, cuckoo, now!" is an example of a lyric's...
a)
alliteration
b)
epithet
c)
kenning
d)
refrain
56.
"As dew in April That falleth on the grass...As dew in April That falleth on the flower.../As dew in April That falleth on the spray..." is an example of...
a)
alliteration images and a sense of Christ's quiet and humble coming
b)
similes to create images and a sense of Christ's quiet and humble coming
c)
kenning images and a sense of Christ's quiet and humble coming
57.
"As dew in April That falleth on the grass...As dew in April That falleth on the flower.../As dew in April That falleth on the spray..." are lines from which work?
a)
"The Cuckoo Song"
b)
"Get Up and Bar the Door"
c)
"Sir Patrick Spens"
d)
"I sing of a maiden"
58.
Sir Patrick Spens tells the story of a man who was unjustly ordered to do the king's bidding, leading to his and his crew's death.
a)
True
b)
False
59.
Anglo-Saxon riddles like the ones we read are usually aimed at the educated who can best use intelligence to decipher the hidden clues.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
Folk ballads are written in stanzas of quatrains (4 lines per stanza).
1st and 3rd contain 4 stresses and no rhyme
2nd and 4th contain 3 stresses and rhyme. (p. 69)
a)
True
b)
False
61.
Ballads may be a form of social criticism today. Look for forms of injustice as you read and listen. Ballads are always (a) (n------es) because they tell stories.
62.
"Sir Patrick Spens" is a riddle.
a)
True
b)
False
63.
"The Sailing" is part one of the work. It tells of the king in Dunfermline, Wales seeking a man to bring his daughter from across the sea back home to him.
a)
True
b)
False
64.
It's a good time of year to sail, which makes the king's demand of Sir Patrick reasonable.
a)
True
b)
False
65.
A housewife is working on holiday cooking and her lazy husband tells her to shut the door, so they agree the first person to speak will shut the door. The wife wins the contest. (a bit of a satire)
a)
True
b)
False
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