About this author's writing, it was said to be "not for an age, but all time."
Who is Shakespeare?
100
Long narrative poem that celebrate's a hero's journey.
What is an epic?
100
"I'll be revenged on the whole pack of you." [Exit.]
Who is Malvolio?
100
When an author creates similar sounding words at the end of a line.
What is rhyming?
200
This hero of the Geats comes to the aid of Hrothgar.
Who is Beowulf?
200
This author wished to be the Father of English poetry and is buried in Poet's Corner.
Who is Chaucer?
200
Sharp criticism of politics or religion cloaked in ridiculous humor.
What is satire?
200
"Et tu, Brute?"
Who is Caesar?
200
This two-syllable line connects to the preceding stanza to the wheel.
What is the bob?
300
This mysterious visitor to Camelot lays down an odd challenge for the Knights of the Round Table.
Who is the Green Knight?
300
This author applied the allegorical form to pay homage to a monarch.
Who is Spenser?
300
Elaborates on a trivial episode in parody.
What is a mock epic?
300
"To be a king and wear a crown is more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasure to them that bear it."
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
300
This movement reawakened the use of repeating initial consonant sounds.
What is the Alliterative Revival?
400
She gets to travel to the palace, toting her farmer father's tiny find in her arms, while everyone gathers round to see.
Who is Glumdalclitch?
400
This Catholic author suffered from Tuberculosis and anxiety.
Who is Alexander Pope?
400
Type of prose or verse popular in the 14th century incorporating chivalry, and sometimes sung with instrument accompaniment.
What is a medieval romance?
400
"That eech of you, to shorte with oure waye / In this viage, shal tellen tales twaye--"
Who is the host?
400
This describes the gradual evolution in pronunciation from middle English to modern English.
What is the Great Vowel Shift?
500
She is the head of the abbey who also happens to be deaf and dumb; she's also afraid of lions.
Who is Abessa?
500
This work put an end to widespread abuse of business monopolies.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
500
It sets out to exppose typical examples of corruption at all levels of society.
What is an estates satire?
500
"But when the worst happened, / too few rallied around the prince."
Who is Wiglaf?
500
In the polysemous layers of an allegory, this 4th layer reveals the method of mystical or spiritual interpretation of statements or events, especially those which allude to the afterlife.