Authors
Who was born first, G.K. Chesterton or Roger Lancelyn Green?
Double your points if you can also name the birth year of the older author.
Chesterton, born in 1874
King Arthur is likely based on a real Christian leader of the Britons who fought pagans invading England in the _______ A.D.
500s
Define "character motivation".
Forces such as love, fear or jealousy that drive a character to behave in a particular way
Robin Hood legends are set about ____ years after the Battle of Hastings.
100
The use of an object to represent a concept is called a/an _________.
symbol
Roger Lancelyn Green became connected to ______________________ (famous literary circle) and studied under _____________ (famous author) at Oxford.
the Inklings; C.S. Lewis
The 19th century play The Foresters, a more recent source of Robin Hood material, was written by _______________________.
Alfred Lord Tennnyson
A/an ________ is an afterward or concluding section of a work, usually about the future of the characters.
epilogue
The ______________ mistreated the ___________________ after the Battle of Hastings.
Normans; Saxons
Define "rhyme scheme"
a repeating rhyming pattern
Chesterton converted to Catholicism in the year _________.
1922
The Downfall of Robert Earl of Huntingdon and The Death of Robert Earl of Huntingdon were both written by _______________________ in the 17th century.
Anthony Munday
_______________ is a set combination of accented and unaccented syllables that form a pattern.
meter
Who led the Normans at the Battle of Hastings?
Who led the Saxons?
William the Conqueror
Harold Godwinson
The atmosphere or feel of the story is called the ____________.
mood
Chesterton lived ________ to _________.
1874-1936
Chesterton's fictitious character Fr. Brown is partly based on a real-life priest named _________________.
Monsignor John O'Connor
___________ is a type of literature where words are carefully chosen and arranged in patterns, using distinctive style and rhythm.
poetry
Chesterton's poem "Lepanto" is about ...
the historical naval Battle of Lepanto against the Muslims
A/an _______________ is a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.
A/an ________ is a poetic form with meter and rhyme scheme that tells a story, usually a story from legend or folk tales.
folk tale
ballad
Green lived ______ to _________.
1918-1987
An important source for King Arthur legends is ___________________, written by Sir Thomas Mallory.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Define "propaganda"
Propaganda is information, ideas, or rumors--usually false--that is spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, or nation
An important source for King Arthur legends is the Historia Regnum Brittaniae or Historia Britonum, written by _______________________.
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Explain the difference between "denotation" and "connotation."
Denotation is the literal meaning of a word. Connotation is the feeling or associations (positive or negative) linked to that word in our minds.