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Sonnets
Hamlet
Beowulf
Sir Gawain
Medieval Romance
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How many lines are in a sonnet?
14
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How does Hamlet die?
He was cut by poisoned sword
100
What is the main conflict of Beowulf?
The poem essentially consists of three parts. There are three centra lconflicts: Grendel's domination of Heorot Hall; the vengeance of Grendel's mother after Grendel is slain; and the rage of the dragon after a thief steals a treasure that it has been guarding.
100
How did sir gawain die?
He didn’t die
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What is courtly love?
Love between a knight and a married noblewoman
200
How many feet in the iambic pentameter, and what makes a foot?
5, a stressed and an unstressed syllable make a foot
200
Who was the King of Norway?
King Fortinbras
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What religion did the Romans introduced to the British?
Christianity
200
What is the code that all knights live by?
Chivalry
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What are the two mystical repetition numbers?
3 and 7
300
What are the four requirements to make a sonnet?
14 lines, rhyme scheme, Iambic, pentameter 5 feet- helps poetry a rhythm, shift
300
What country does Fortinbras’ army pass through on its way to invade Poland?
Demark
300
what’s the theme?
Loyalty
300
How did the Lord and the Lady know the Green Knight?
He was really the Lord the whole time
300
Name two characteristics of Medieval Romance
Chivalry, courtly love, imagination, fairytale like
400
What are the three types of sonnets?
Petrarchan 1300s, Spenserian 1500s, Shakespearean 1600s
400
How was King Claudius killed? And how did he get killed?
Hamlet killed King Claudius with the poisoned sword, and he forced King Claudius to drink the poisoned wine.
400
what is the poem about?
The poem is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendel's mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated.
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What is Gawain tempted with that eventually causes him to break his honor?
A magical green sash
400
A story with a simple, predictable plot with some inevitable events often starts with the sentence… and ends with the sentence….?
"Once upon a time… and they lived happily ever after.”
500
Who used the Spenserian?
Edmund Spencer
500
Whose skull does Hamlet hold in his hand in the "Graveyard Scene?"
Yorick
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Why does Beowulf want to go to herot?
Beowulf travels to Heorot because he has heard what Grendel has been doing -- how Grendel has been killing Hrothgar's men. He goes to Heorot because he wants to test his skill and bravery against the monster and show Grendel how powerful the Geats are.
500
Who were involved in the courtly love?
The wife of the green knight and sir gawain
500
What are the popular supernatural elements or characters of Medieval Romance stories?
Witches, wizards and dragons