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100

Finish this Line from Macbeth:


"Is this a 

dagger I see before me?

100

Sometimes Milton would write out words vertically at the beginning of lines in Paradise Lost. That type of poetry is referred to as . . .

Acrostic Poetry

100

What does the apparition of the severed head tell Macbeth?

Beware Macduff.

100

Using "like" or "as"

Simile

100

Sonnets traditionally are written with how many stanzas?

1

100

What is the name of the architect in hell?

Mulciber

100

Name something written in Old English

Beowulf

Fader


Dream of The Rood

200

Fill in the blank: 


Forth reaching to the fruit, she __________, she eat. 

Plucked

200

Translate "Pandemonium"

All Demons

200

This is where his plays were performed.

The Globe. 

200

An extended metaphor. 

Allegory

200

Change or shift in meaning of a sonnet

Volta

200

What is the difference between a monologue and a soliloquy? Which is Which.

Monologue-spoken to someone

Soliloquy- spoken to no one in particular.

200

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

Chaucer

300

What outlasts the marble and gilded monuments 

Shakespeare's powerful rhyme. 

300

What does Satan start doing during his first speech to his fellow fallen angles?

Crying.

300

What piece of literature does this quote come from: "when wasteful war shall statues overturn. / And broils root out the work of masonry." 

Not Marble nor the Gilded Monuments

300

This means that no one had to teach you to understand it.

Universal Metaphor

300

John Donne is this type of poet.

Metaphysical

300

Essentially, what is radio?

Light
300

What century does Early Modern English start

16th

400


Poetic Device:

Self Referencing literature

Meta-Literature

400

Poetic Device:

When plots or characters reflect each other.  

Mirroring 

400

Name of Hamlet's love interest.

Ophelia

400

All hands on Deck

Synecdoche

400

Name the third reason why he is a fool.

Published it. 

400

Name every animal Satan transformed into.

Cormorant

Four Legged Beast

Toad

400

Middle English dates

1100-1500

500

What does Belial suggest the fallen angel's do?

Accept their punishment. 


Maybe God will slacken

500

Define Blank Verse

Lines with meter but without rhyme. 

500

Name both of Hamlet's Foils

Fortinbras and Laertes 

500

The Crown


Wallstreet

Metonymy 

500

Why was he considered a great pastor?

He asked really difficult questions. 

500

Shakespeare writes in what English?

Early Modern

500

The nickname of the Author who wrote: "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." 

The Pearl Poet

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