A type of poem, characterized by how it praises the deeds of heroic warriors, was representative of this time period.
What is an epic?
100
Narrative songs telling the lives of common folk or of characters of folklore.
What are ballads?
100
One of the most prominent poets during this era. (there are multiple correct answers)
Who are William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon (Lord Byron), Percy Bysshe Shelley, or John Keats?
100
This time period had a big impact on Victorian Literature.
What is Romanticism?
100
This poet is known for their works "The Waste Land", "The Naming of Cats", and "The Hollow Men".
Who is T.S. Eliot?
200
A blind poet who created the two most famous Greek epics
Who is Homer?
200
Kinds of stories that have simple predictable plots and inevitable events
What are medieval romances?
200
This person wrote Frankenstein as a contest within a group of writer friends.
Who is Mary Shelley?
200
These three sisters were important during this time period
Who are the Brontë sisters?
200
This is what "The Hollow Men" is about.
What is dead soldiers and what they mean in the afterlife?
300
Language that literary works were typically written in.
What is Old English?
300
The most famous medieval romance.
What is King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?
300
The Greek name for character Ozymandius, in "Ozymandius".
Who is the Egyptian pharaoh, Ramses II?
300
This well known author wrote "A Christmas Carol".
Who is Charles Dickens?
300
These three events affected writers during this era.
What are World War I, World War II, and the Great Depression?
400
A heroic epic, set in Scandinavia, is most associated with this time period.
What is Beowulf?
400
The most famous writer of the medieval times and the father of English Literature
Who was Geoffrey Chaucer?
400
These three poems were written by William Wordsworth
(we read them in class)
What is “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802”, “The World is Too Much with Us”, and “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud”
400
This author is known for creating the character Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
400
This represents the cycle of civilization in "The Second Coming.
What is the falcon?
500
Famous author and monk known for writing the history of England.
Who was Venerable Bede?
500
A lengthy collection of tales held together by a frame story, penned by Chaucer.
What are the Canterbury Tales?
500
The following stanza is taken from this work of literature. “He went like one that hath been stunned, And is of sense forlorn: a sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn.”
What is "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
500
A historical influence on this time period, characterized by a stronger sense of nationalism.
What is British Imperialism/Expansion?
500
This is what the Duchess does to the Jeweler in the end of “The Duchess and the Jeweler”.
What is the Duchess cheats the Jeweler of his money by using fake pearls. She convinces Him to give her the money in exchange for time spent with her daughter, who he is in love with.