Religion
This son of Adam and Eve became the first murderer and was exiled to the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Who is Cain?
Before they came to England, the Normans were French, and before they were French they came from this region of the world.
What is Scandinavia?
It's the original meaning of the word friar in French.
What is frère ("brother")?
The bard was famous for using unrhymed iambic pentameter, also known as this.
What is blank verse?
We don't know much about the Beowulf poet, in part because the poem is found in only one of these.
What is a manuscript?
These followers of Oliver Cromwell were so-named because of their haircuts.
What are Roundheads?
It's the body of water that separates Great Britain and France.
What is the English Channel?
Melancholic, sanguine, choleric, and phlegmatic are all personality types that derive their meaning from this outdated medical concept.
What are the four humors?
This medical procedure, performed on Macduff's mother, is the real reason behind one of the witches' prophecies.
What is a caesarian section? (c-section)
This female poet collected and wrote down stories of Norman and Celtic folklore in French for the king of England Henry II.
Who is Marie de France?
Many Puritans followed this Calvinist belief, which held that everybody's salvation or damnation has already been decided before their birth.
What is predestination?
London is located near the mouth of this river (must pronounce it correctly).
What is the Thames (temz)
It's the language family spoken by Celtic peoples.
What are the Gaelic languages?
"The Scottish Play" was partly written in tribute to this Scottish-born ruler, supposedly a descendant of Banquo and a self-styled authority on witches.
Who is James I?
This Northern Irish poet is also famous as a translator of Beowulf.
Who is Seamus Heaney?
In order to divorce his first wife, Henry VIII ended up splitting with the Catholic Church and forming this new religion.
What is the Church of England (Episcopalianism/Anglicanism)?
This cathedral city southeast of London, the site of the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket, is now the headquarters of the Church of England.
What is Canterbury?
It's the language that eventually grew out of the contact between Anglo-Saxon people and the Norman French ruling class.
What is Middle English?
This south London theatre, rebuilt and still in use today, was the most famous venue for Shakespeare.
What is the Globe Theatre?
This Romantic poet, who wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, was an opium addict.
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
These 14th-century religious reformers, led by John Wycliffe, were especially known for translating the Bible into English.
Who are the Lollards?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was partly inspired by Captain Cook's crossing of this line.
What is the Antarctic Circle?
This system of writing was used by the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.
What are runes?
It's the name of Macbeth's castle, to whose walls Birnam Wood finally comes.
What is Dunsinane?
Chaucer innovated within, but did not invent, this medieval genre, which systematically examines and ridicules the different classes of society.
What is estates satire?