Hamlet
Who wrote the play "Hamlet"?
William Shakespeare
What is a kenning
a metaphor, usually made from two different adjectives or nouns, that renames another word.
How many husbands did the Wife of Bath have?
5
Which idea is most closely associated with Romantic literature?
A. Trust in scientific progress and industry
B. Emphasis on emotion, imagination, and personal experience
C. Strict moral instruction and social conformity
D. Celebration of urban life
Emphasis on emotion, imagination, and personal experience
What is a phrase
A group of words without a subject and a verb. (Prepositions)
What country does the play "Hamlet" take place in?
Denmark
Who were the traveling story-tellers of the Anglo-Saxon time?
Scops
Who is the main protagonist in Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath"?
The knight
In Romantic texts, nature is most often presented as
A source of spiritual insight and emotional healing
What is a clause?
A group of words with a subject and a verb.
What is the name of Hamlet's closest friend?
Horatio
What is a kenning for the word sun
World-Candle
According to the Wife of Bath, what do women desire most?
Control over their husbands
Which theme reflects a Romantic rejection of Enlightenment values?
Emotion and imagination over reason
True or False: Phrases determine sentence types.
False
What does Hamlet's father's ghost reveal about his death?
He was poisoned by Claudius
True or False: Anglo-Saxon literature is a blend of pagan and Christian
What types of characters was Chaucer criticizing in The Canterbury Tales
Characters in positions of power
Which structural or stylistic technique is most associated with Victorian short stories?
A. Rich, detailed description of settings and characters to create realism
B. Sparse language that leaves meaning deliberately unclear
C. Stream-of-consciousness narration focused on inner thoughts
D. Rapid scene changes with little attention to place or detail
Rich, detailed description of settings and characters to create realism
What part of speech is boat
noun
What is the famous quote from "Hamlet" that starts with "To be or not to be"?
"To be or not to be, that is the question."
What kind of text is Beowulf?
An epic
Chaucer changed the course of English literature because
Victorian writers often used literature to:
Criticize social inequality and injustice
What part of speech is was
Helping or linking verb