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British Literature Test 1
This a review created for the use of preparation for the A beka curriculum 12th grade British Literature Test 1 over Units 1 and 2.
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Literature
12th Grade
09/04/2014

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poetry
Definition
What was the first of the Anglo-Saxons literature?
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recited or sing/ False
Definition
T/F. The Anglo-Saxon poetry was written.
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1. love of freedom; 2. responsiveness to nature, especially in her sterner moods; 3. strong religious convictions and a belief in Wyrd, or Fate; 4. reverence for womanhood; and 5. devotion to glory as the ruling motive in every warrior's life.
Definition
What are the five striking characteristics of Anglo-Saxon literature?
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scop
Definition
What was the Anglo-Saxon poet called?
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gleeman
Definition
The _____ also recited poems; he was not an original poet but a performer, a chanter, a harper, and sometimes a jester and juggler.
Term
pause or caesura
Definition
Anglo-Saxon poetry was composed of two half lines separated by a _____ or a _____.
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kennings
Definition
What are strong metaphorical expressions called?
Term
Beowulf
Definition
What is the greatest of the Anglo-Saxon poems and the oldest surviving epic of any Germanic people?
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Beowulf
Definition
_____ is the story of a man struggling against three monstrous and mysterious incarnations of evil.
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Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the fire-breathing dragon.
Definition
The first section relates to Beowulf's fight with _____, the second tells of his confrontation with _____ _____, and the third takes place fifty years later as Beowulf slays the _____ _____ plaguing his homeland.
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Caedmon
Definition
Who is the first Anglo-Saxon poet whose name we know?
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the Anglo-Saxon Milton
Definition
What is Caedmon sometimes known as?
Term
Caedmon
Definition
_____ was a simple herdsman who lived at a monastery at Whitby in Northumbria, the cultural center of England.
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Venerable Bede
Definition
Who wrote the "Ecclesiastical History of the English People"?
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Venerable Bede
Definition
Who was the founder of English history and the greatest writer of his time?
Term
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Definition
Which was the Venerable Bede's most important work?
Term
William the Conqueror
Definition
Who invaded England in 1066?
Term
France
Definition
Where did William the Conqueror invade England from?
Term
100 years
Definition
Literature written inn English was not to be found for _____ _____ _____ after the Norman Invasion.
Term
Latin
Definition
In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, religious literature written in _____, the language of the Roman Church, became common.
Term
French
Definition
A new poetry written in _____, the language of the Normans, made its way into the courts of the aristocracy.
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medieval period
Definition
During which period were many literary genres born?
Term
Mallory
Definition
Who was the most notable writer of the fifteenth century?
Term
Caxton
Definition
Who set up the first printing press in England?
Term
popular balad
Definition
What is a short narrative folk song which tells of a single (usually tragic) event in an objective, unbiased manner?
Term
carol
Definition
The _____ is a popular art form which originated in medieval France. They were originally any joyous songs or hymns.
Term
The Pearl Poet
Definition
A manuscript containing four poems written around 1370 has been attributed to an unknown author commonly called _____ _____ _____.
Term
The Pearl
Definition
What was the first poem of the The Pearl Poet?
Term
medieval romance
Definition
A form of writing based primarily on the adventures of various knights and often abounding in the supernatural-
Term
John Wycliffe
Definition
_____ is often called the Father of English Prose and the "Morning Star of the Reformation" and is considered to be the greatest prose writer of fourteenth-century England.
Term
mystery plays
Definition
Plays on biblical subjects-
Term
miracle plays
Definition
Plays dealing with legends of saints-
Term
guilds
Definition
What were incorporated associations of various trades and crafts in town?
Term
pageant wagon
Definition
Plays were often produced on a movable platform called a _____.
Term
morality play
Definition
Form of drama which is represented allegorically the battle which the vices and virtues wage for the possession of the human soul-
Term
Geoffrey Chaucer
Definition
Who wrote "The Prologue in Middle English"?
Term
Geoffrey Chaucer
Definition
Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales"?
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exemplum
Definition
What is a short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson?
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Mallory
Definition
Who wrote "Morte Darthur"?
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