2. British Literature, 6.0

3. Don’t Forget... Contestants

4. …Always phrase your answers in the form of a question!

5. Hands on your buzzers, it’s...

6. 500 100 200 300 100 300 200 300 200 100 200 500 300 200 100 400 Beowulf Canter- bury Tales DublinersPoetryHamlet

7. Beowulf battles this monster. Who is …? Beowulf $100

8. Grendel Back to Game

9. The character Beowulf is an example of this type of literary archetype. What is…? Beowulf $200

10. Back to Game Epic Hero

11. What is…? Beowulf $300 This is one example of an Anglo-Saxon motif present in Beowulf. (There are 5 to choose from)

12. Back to Game Triumph or failure in war and battle Seafaring and exploration Friendship and loyalty to men in battle Value placed on artifacts and spoils of war Acceptance of fate or wyrd

13. It is suggested that Grendel is a descendant of this Biblical character. Who is…? Beowulf $400

14. Cain Back to Game

15. This is a descriptive word or phrase that takes the place of a character’s name in Anglo-Saxon poetry. Ex: Ex: But Higlac’s follower remembered his final boast and, standing erect, stopped the monster’s flight… What is…? Beowulf $500

16. Back to Game Kenning

17. This is what you call the kind of journey the story-tellers were making. What is…? Canterbury Tales $100

18. Pilgrimage Back to Game

19. In “The Pardoner’s Tale,” the Pardoner is hypocritical for preaching against this vice, though he himself makes a living out of it. What is…? Canterbury Tales $200

20. Avarice (greed) Back to Game

21. What is…? Canterbury Tales $300 In the Prologue, the travelers are introduced according to their…

22. Social class Back to Game 3 Estates – Military, Clergy, Laity

23. What is…? Canterbury Tales $400 According to “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” this is what all women want in a relationship.

24. Power Back to Game

25. What is…? Canterbury Tales $500 This is the term for the structure of poetry Chaucer uses in Canterbury Tales – two successive lines that rhyme with each other.

26. Rhymed Couplets Back to Game All of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" are in rhyming couplets - here's an extract from “The Wife of Bath’s Tale": When good King Arthur ruled in ancient days (A king that every Briton loves to praise) This was a land brim-full of fairy folk. The Elf-Queen and her courtiers joined and broke Their elfin dance on many a green mead, Or so was the opinion once, I read…

27. What is… ? Hamlet $100 The play takes place in this country.

28. Back to Game Denmark

30. What is…? Hamlet $200 This is a secondary character whose traits and attributes are in direct contrast with a primary character.

31. Foil Back to Game

32. What is…? Hamlet $300 Alone on stage, Hamlet’s speech that contemplates the value of life and the consequences of suicide, is called this.

33. Soliloquy Back to Game

34. What is…? Hamlet $400 Ophelia is warned to avoid Hamlet by Laertes and Polonius for this reason. (2 acceptable answers)

35. 1.“His will is not his own” (He can’t choose his own wife as heir to the throne) 2.2. He may rob her of her virtue and then dump her (Men are only after one thing…) Back to Game

36. What is…? Hamlet $500 This is the fate of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern.

37. They are sent to their deaths in England because Hamlet forged a letter. Back to Game

38. What is…? Dubliners $100 Eveline’s approach to life can best be described as not active, but this.

39. passive Back to Game

40. What is…? Dubliners $200 The moment of realization in each story is called this.

41. Epiphany Back to Game

42. What is…? Dubliners $300 This is what we call the characters’ inability to change.

43. Back to Game Paralysis

44. Who is…? Dubliners $400 This character in “Araby” is symbolic of the idealism we create in our minds that so easily is destroyed by the harsh reality around us.

45. Mangan’s sister Back to Game

46. What is…? Dubliners $500 This is the result of a failure to change or take action in most of the stories in Dubliners.

47. decay Back to Game

48. Shakespeare wrote over one hundred of these 14-line poems. What are…? Poetry $100

49. Back to Game Sonnets When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate, For thy sweet love rememb'red such wealth brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

50. * The Cavalier poets wrote about this motto, Latin for “seize the day.” * * * we didn’t study these this semester, and they are NOT on the final, but some poetry is. What is…? Poetry $200

51. “Carpe Diem!” Back to Game

52. Poetry that was written about bucolic, rural settings, shepherds, and love is called this. What is…? Poetry $300

53. Pastoral Poetry Back to Game

54. What is…? Poetry $400 This is the kind of love that is not returned by the other person, as written about by Queen Elizabeth I.

55. unrequited Back to Game

56. What is…? Poetry $500 When reading poetry, this acronym represents the steps we have practiced to help us understand and analyze a piece.

57. TP-CASTT Back to Game TITLE: consider it before reading poem PARAPHRASE: translate poem into own words (literal) CONNOTATION: consider figurative language used for meaning beyond the literal ATTITUDE: Observe speaker’s and poet’s attitude (tone) SHIFTS: SHIFTS: Note shifts in speakers and attitudes TITLE: TITLE: Examine the title again, this time on an interpretative level THEME: Determine what the poet is saying about life/human behavior