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Which sentence best explains why modern English reflects the influence of several languages? ~~> B. Between AD 500 and 1200, invaders from several countries conquered parts of Britain. Match the words that have the same denotations. ~~> favored → lucky drenched → soaked grinn...

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End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO)
Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Which sentence best explains why modern English reflects the influence of

several languages?

✓ ~~> B. Between AD 500 and 1200, invaders from several countries

conquered parts of Britain.




Match the words that have the same denotations.

✓ ~~> favored → lucky

drenched → soaked

grinned → smiled

scoffed → mocked

elated → happy




What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero Beowulf?

✓ ~~> B. hubris




Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a warrior code?




Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son:



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"Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better,

[His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;]

[Each of us must the end-day abide of]

His earthly existence; who is able accomplish




[Glory ere death!] [To battle-thane noble

Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.]

Arise, O king, [quick let us hasten

To look at the footprint of the kinsman of Grendel!]

I promise thee this now: to his place he'll escape not, . . ."

✓ ~~> His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;




Glory ere death!




& To battle-thane noble

Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.




What do these lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight reveal about the

character of Sir Gawain?




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That no host under heaven is hardier of will,

Nor better brothers-in-arms where battle is joined;

I am the weakest, well I know, and of wit feeblest;

✓ ~~> B. He is modest.




Medieval romances abounded in archetypes. Most characters in romances

fit into a certain archetypal mold. Match the characters from Sir Gawain and

the Green Knight to the archetypes they represent.

✓ ~~> the trickster → Morgan Le Faye

the temptress → Bertilak's wife

the hero on a quest → Sir Gawain

the hospitable host → Bertilak of Hautdesert




Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury

Tales.




O new Iscariot, O new Ganelon!

O false dissimulator, Greek Sinon

That brought down Troy all utterly to sorrow!

O Chanticleer, accursed be that morrow




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