End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) Test with Verified Answers Graded A+
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End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) Test with Verified
Answers Graded A+
1. B. Between AD
500 and 1200, in-
vaders from sev-
eral countries
conquered parts
of Britain.
2. favored ’ lucky
drenched ’
soaked
grinned ’ smiled
scoffed ’ mocked
elated ’ happy
3. B. hubris
4...
End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) Test with Verified
Answers Graded A+
1. B. Between AD Which sentence best explains why modern English re-
500 and 1200, in- flects the influence of several languages?
vaders from sev-
eral countries
conquered parts
of Britain.
2. favored ’ lucky Match the words that have the same denotations.
drenched ’
soaked
grinned ’ smiled
scoffed ’ mocked
elated ’ happy
3. B. hubris What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero Beowulf?
4. His friend to Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a
avenge than with warrior code?
vehemence wail
him; Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son:
"Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better,
Glory ere death! [His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;]
[Each of us must the end-day abide of]
& To battle-thane His earthly existence; who is able accomplish
noble
Lifeless lying, 'tis [Glory ere death!] [To battle-thane noble
at last most fit- Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.]
ting. 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, . . ."
5. B. He is modest. What do these lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
reveal about the character of Sir Gawain?
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;
6.
, End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO) Test with Verified
Answers Graded A+
the trickster ’ Mor- Medieval romances abounded in archetypes. Most char-
gan Le Faye acters in romances fit into a certain archetypal mold.
the temptress ’ Match the characters from Sir Gawain and the Green
Bertilak's wife Knight to the archetypes they represent.
the hero on a
quest ’ Sir Gawain
the hospitable
host ’ Bertilak of
Hautdesert
7. B. The narrator Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in
mocks the narra- Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
tive style of epic
poetry by apply- O new Iscariot, O new Ganelon!
ing it to a beast O false dissimulator, Greek Sinon
fable. That brought down Troy all utterly to sorrow!
O Chanticleer, accursed be that morrow
Which sentence in the following description identifies the
style used in the excerpt?
[These lines describe the false beliefs that Chanticleer
held.] The proud Chanticleer is being mocked in these
lines for having raised such outcry. [The narrator mocks
the narrative style of epic poetry by applying it to a beast
fable.] [The proud Chanticleer is mocked by the other hens
because he was making much of the dream.]
8. B. Pertelote's In this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in Chaucer's
screams are The Canterbury Tales, how is Pertelote, a hen, compared
likened to the to Hasdrubal's wife?
laments of Has-
drubal's wife. When they had caught a sight of Chanticleer.
But fair Dame Pertelote assailed the ear
Far louder than did Hasdrubal's good wife
When that her husband bold had lost his life,
And Roman legionaries burned Carthage...
9.
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