LESSON 4 (Sir Ezekiel)

Question 1

This work is considered the national epic of England, blending Christian and pagan elements.

Answer 1

Beowulf

Question 2

Known as the “Father of English History,” this scholar authored the Ecclesiastical History of the English People.

Answer 2

The Venerable Bede

Question 3

A gifted poet despite being an unlearned cowherd, this figure is remembered for composing a Hymn.

Answer 3

Cædmon

Question 4

This king of Wessex encouraged the translation of texts from Latin into Old English and contributed to scholarly writing in his native tongue.

Answer 4

Alfred the Great

Question 5

This poet is known for Old English Christian poetry and works such as Juliana and Elene.

Answer 5

Cynewulf

Question 6

Name the literary tradition through which Old English poems were passed down before being written.

Answer 6

Oral tradition

Question 7

This hero defeated Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a dragon to save his people.

Answer 7

Beowulf

Question 8

What genre best describes The Fates of the Apostles and Christ II or The Ascension?

Answer 8

Christian poetry

Question 9

What is the term for literature created during the Anglo-Saxon period?

Answer 9

Old English Literature

Question 10

Which genres are most prominent during the Middle English Period?

Answer 10

Romance and Religious genres

Question 11

These plays depict scenes from the Old or New Testament and are also called Corpus Christi plays.

Answer 11

Mystery plays

Question 12

Which type of play dramatized sermons and included characters like Death, Health, and the Seven Deadly Sins?

Answer 12

Morality plays

Question 13

This is considered the finest example of a morality play, featuring a character who seeks help to face Death.

Answer 13

Everyman

Question 14

Plays focused on the lives, miracles, or martyrdom of saints belong to which category?

Answer 14

Miracle plays

Question 15

What is one of the most popular literary forms of the Middle Ages, often centered around heroic and chivalric themes?

Answer 15

Romances

Question 16

Who is the only character able to help Everyman in the play Everyman?

Answer 16

Good Deeds

Question 17

This author is remembered as one of the world’s greatest storytellers and is best known for The Canterbury Tales.

Answer 17

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 18

The Canterbury Tales features how many pilgrims in total?

Answer 18

31

Question 19

In The Canterbury Tales, the pilgrims begin their journey at which inn?

Answer 19

Tabard Inn

Question 20

The destination of the pilgrimage in The Canterbury Tales is what cathedral?

Answer 20

St. Thomas Becket Cathedral

Question 21

This writer compiled stories about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table in Le Morte d’Arthur.

Answer 21

Sir Thomas Malory

Question 22

Le Morte d’Arthur is based on which legendary figure and his knights?

Answer 22

King Arthur

Question 23

What is the time period of the Golden Age of English Literature?

Answer 23

1485 to 1660

Question 24

Who established movable printing in England and published Le Morte d’Arthur?

Answer 24

William Caxton

Question 25

Which type of 14-line poem in iambic pentameter was popular during the Renaissance?

Answer 25

Sonnet

Question 26

Known as the "Father of English Tragedy," this playwright authored Dr. Faustus.

Answer 26

Christopher Marlowe

Question 27

a belief that man is the measure of all things

Answer 27

humanism

Question 28

In Dr. Faustus, the protagonist sells his soul for what two things?

Answer 28

Power and knowledge

Question 29

This poet wrote The Faerie Queene and introduced the Spenserian Stanza.

Answer 29

Edmund Spenser

Question 30

What is the rhyme scheme of a Spenserian Sonnet?

Answer 30

ABAB-BCBC-CDCD-EE

Question 31

Which writer popularized the "comedy of humors"?

Answer 31

Ben Jonson

Question 32

What is the title of Ben Jonson's famous lyric poem that begins with "Drink to me only with thine eyes"?

Answer 32

Song to Celia

Question 33

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearian Sonnet?

Answer 33

ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG

Question 34

What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan Sonnet?

Answer 34

ABBA-ABBA-CDE-CDE

Question 35

What was the name given to Ben Jonson's literary supporters?

Answer 35

Sons of Ben

Question 36

What is the title of Ben Jonson's famous lyric poem that begins with "Drink to me only with thine eyes"?

Answer 36

Song to Celia

Question 37

How many total plays did William Shakespeare write?

Answer 37

38

Question 38

How many total sonnets did Shakespeare compose?

Answer 38

154

Question 39

How many narrative poems did Shakespeare write?

Answer 39

2

Question 40

Which play features the famous quote, "The play’s the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king"?

Answer 40

Hamlet

Question 41

In which play does the character say, "Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow"?

Answer 41

Romeo and Juliet

Question 42

The events contrast hatred and revenge with love and a secret marriage, forcing the young star-crossed lovers to grow up quickly and die tragically in despair.

Answer 42

Romeo and Juliet

Question 43

Which Shakespearean tragedy ends with the deaths of every significant characters?

Answer 43

Hamlet

Question 44

In Hamlet, what concept is important, referring to a character’s double or alter ego?

Answer 44

Doppelganger

Question 45

In Romeo and Juliet, which families are feuding, leading to the tragic deaths of the young lovers?

Answer 45

The Montagues and the Capulets

Question 46

In Othello, who manipulates Othello into believing his wife, Desdemona, is unfaithful?

Answer 46

Iago

Question 47

In Othello, what emotion consumes Othello, leading to his tragic actions?

Answer 47

Jealousy

Question 48

What is the central plot of Macbeth?

Answer 48

Three witches predict that Macbeth will become King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, he kills the king, becomes the new king, and kills more people in paranoia. Civil war erupts, leading to Macbeth’s downfall.

Question 49

What important concept is featured in Macbeth, referring to the presence of multiple meanings or interpretations?

Answer 49

ambiguity

Question 50

In King Lear, which two daughters flatter him and are given parts of the kingdom?

Answer 50

Goneril and Regan

Question 51

What happens to Lear’s third daughter, Cordelia, and why?

Answer 51

She is banished because she refuses to flatter him in the same way as her sisters.

Question 52

In King Lear, what causes King Lear to go mad?

Answer 52

He goes mad after being betrayed by his two eldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, and wandering through a storm.

Question 53

In which play is the quote “If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?” found?

Answer 53

The Merchant of Venice

Question 54

What is the central plot of The Merchant of Venice?

Answer 54

Antonio, an antisemitic merchant, borrows money from the Jew Shylock to help his friend court Portia. Unable to repay the loan, Shylock demands a pound of flesh as repayment. Portia, now the wife of Antonio’s friend, dresses as a lawyer to save Antonio.

Question 55

What are two other names for the 17th century that reflect significant changes during this time?

Answer 55

Age of Transition, Age of Revolution

Question 56

What was the writing style that emerged in the 17th century, emphasizing clarity, directness, and economy of expression?

Answer 56

Prose

Question 57

Which writer is known as the Father of Inductive Reasoning and the Father of the English essay?

Answer 57

Francis Bacon

Question 58

Name one of Francis Bacon’s works that reflects his interest in scientific detail and observation.

Answer 58

The Essay of Studies

Question 59

Who was a prominent Puritan poet who wrote during the Puritan Interregnum and is best known for Paradise Lost?

Answer 59

John Milton

Question 60

This tells the story of Adam and Eve's creation, their fall from the Garden of Eden, and the origin of Satan.

Answer 60

Paradise Lost

Question 61

Who is the main character in Paradise Lost that was originally called Lucifer, an angel who led a rebellion against God?

Answer 61

Satan (originally called Lucifer)

Question 62

What is the title of the sequel to Paradise Lost, which retells the story of Jesus' temptation by Satan?

Answer 62

Paradise Regained

Question 63

Which poet is best remembered for using metaphysical conceits, especially in his Holy Sonnets?

Answer 63

John Donne

Question 64

What literary device does metaphysical poetry commonly use to startle the reader into an awareness of relationships between unlikely things?

Answer 64

Conceits (farfetched similes and metaphors)

Question 65

What is the theme of the line "No man is an island" in Donne’s poetry?

Answer 65

Brotherhood, the interconnectedness of all people

Question 66

Their strength was the short lyric poem, and a favorite theme was carpe diem, "seize the day."

Answer 66

Cavalier Poets

Question 67

Name one Cavalier Poet known for writing “To Lucasta, on Going to Wars.”

Answer 67

Richard Lovelace

Question 68

Which Cavalier Poet wrote “To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time”?

Answer 68

Robert Herrick

Question 69

Which Cavalier Poet wrote the poem “To His Coy Mistress”?

Answer 69

Andrew Marvell

Question 70

What period is often referred to as the "Age of Enlightenment"?

Answer 70

18th century

Question 71

Which literary period is described as "neoclassic," drawing inspiration from ancient Greek and Roman authors?

Answer 71

The neoclassic period.

Question 72

Who is considered the Father of English Satire?

Answer 72

Jonathan Swift

Question 73

What is the primary theme of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels?

Answer 73

Gulliver's Travels satirizes human folly and stupidity, highlighting pettiness and crudity.

Question 74

What is Swift's intention behind writing Gulliver's Travels?

Answer 74

Swift wrote it to vex the world and critique human behavior, although it entertained many readers.

Question 75

Which author is a precursor to epistolary literature and wrote Pamela and Clarissa?

Answer 75

Samuel Richardson

Question 76

What is the main plot of Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones?

Answer 76

Tom Jones follows the adventures of a young man who is driven from his home, wanders to London, and ultimately wins the love of his lady.

Question 77

What are three key beliefs of the Romantic movement in literature?

Answer 77

The importance of the individual, imagination, and intuition.

Question 78

What does Romanticism emphasize in terms of the individual's experience?

Answer 78

Romanticism emphasizes personal experience, the inner workings of the mind, and the expression of emotions.

Question 79

Together with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, brought out a volume of verse, Lyrical Ballads, which signaled the beginning of English Romanticism.

Answer 79

William Wordsworth

Question 80

A gifted writer of realistic novels, but who experienced difficulty finding a publisher for her skillfully drawn portraits of English middle-class people.

Answer 80

Jane Austen

Question 81

a novel of manners, deals with the issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage.

Answer 81

Pride and Prejudice

Question 82

shifted from the extremely personal expression (or subjectivism) of the Romantic writers to an objective surveying of the problems of human life.

Answer 82

Victorian Age

Question 83

wrote the most exquisite love poems for her husband Robert Browning.

Answer 83

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Question 84

- is best remembered for his dramatic monologues.

Answer 84

Robert Browning

Question 85

the two major victorian poets

Answer 85

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Robert Browning

Question 86

He is considered as England's best-loved novelist.

Answer 86

Charles Dickens

Question 87

one of England's greatest women novelists.

Answer 87

George Eliot

Question 88

Author of historical novels and plays. But, famous for his short stories about Sherlock Holmes.

Answer 88

Arthur Conan Doyle

Question 89

an Irish expatriate noted for his experimental use of the interior monologue and the stream of consciousness technique.

Answer 89

James Joyce

Question 90

It presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.

Answer 90

Stream of consciousness

Question 91

believed that reality, or consciousness, is a stream. Life, for both reader and characters, is immersion in the flow of that stream.

Answer 91

Virginia Woolf

Question 92

He is world-renown, for the powerful anti-Communist satire Animal Farm

Answer 92

George Orwell