G/L and Grammar
Quotes
Beowulf/ Canterbury
Macbeth/ Sonnets
Frankenstein
100

This is the meaning of the Latin root "mal."

What is bad?

100

The following quote is from this work of literature.

"Fair is foul and foul is fair, hover through fog and filthy air."

What is Macbeth?

100

This is the reason that Beowulf traveled to the Dane's kingdom.

to help the king by destroying a monster

100

This man killed Macbeth.

Who is Macduff?

100

This is how Victor collected body parts to build the creature.

What is through grave-robbing?

200

These are the 5 types of phrases.

What are gerund, participle, appositive, infinitive, and prepositional?

200

The following quote is from this work of literature.

"Sell me some poison if you will, I have a lot of rats I want to kill."

What is The Canterbury Tales, The Pardoner's Tale?

200

This is the definition of a boast.

What is a vow or promise?

200

This is who Macbeth sees in his chair during the banquet.

Who is the ghost of Banquo?

200

This was the inspiration for Frankenstein.

What is a ghost story competition?

300

The underlined portion of the following sentence is this type of clause.

Have you met Tate, who is Ezekial's first cousin?

What is a dependent adverb clause?

300

The following quote is from this work of literature.

"Let's see who shall be first to tell a tale... The man who draws the shortest cut shall start."

What is The Canterbury Tales?

300

Chaucer completed this many tales before his death.

What is 24?

300

These are the 3 parts of the prophecy told to Macbeth and Banquo at the beginning of the play.

What are Macbeth becoming the thane of Cawdor, Macbeth becoming king, and Banquo's son becoming king?

300

This biblical figure is compared to The Creature.

Who is Adam?

400

This is the meaning of the Latin root "pecc."

What is to sin; to be flawed?

400

The following quote is from this work of literature.

"I've never known fear, as a youth I fought in endless battles. I am old, now, but I will fight again."

What is Beowulf?

400

This is what the 3 Pardoners see at the beginning of The Pardoner's Tale.

What is a coffin in a tavern?

400

This is how Birnam Wood comes to Dinsinane.

What is Malcolm’s army hiding behind cut-off tree branches?

400

Mary Shelley was this old when she published her first work.

What is 10 years old?

500

Define 3 of the 5 types of phrases.

gerund: a verb that ends in -ing and functions as a noun

participle: contains a word formed from a verb that functions as an adjective; often ends in -ed or -ing

appositive: a noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify and describe it, plus any modifiers it has

infinitive: the word "to" followed by a verb; functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb

prepositional: includes a directional word, the object of the directional word, and any modifiers

500

The following quote is from this work of literature.

"Thou wast born of woman. But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, brandished by man that's of woman born."

What is Macbeth?

500

This is what happens to the 2 rioters after they stab the 3rd rioter.

What is died from poison wine?
500

These are the 3 types of sonnets.

What are Shakespearean, spenserian, and petrarchan?

500

This is how Frankenstein ended.

Victor died of weakness or illness and the Creature vows to commit suicide.

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