Characters
An Anglo-Saxon warrior hero with extraordinary strength
Who is Beowulf?
means to hate or detest
to loathe
Three Christmas Spirits whose visits to Scrooge brought about his change
What are: The Past, The Present, The Future (Christmas Yet to Come)?
What happened in England in 1066
The Battle of Hastings
The Norman/French Invasion
King William the Conqueror took over England
means to end with the same sound
What is rhyme?
A Money Lender in London
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
Means to response sharply
to retort
The 3 battles fought by Beowulf
What was: against Grendel, against the monster's mother, against the dragon?
The dispute between King Henry 8th and the Pope ended with ...
The King giving himself a divorce
The King setting up his own church in England
means to begin with the same sound
What is Alliteration?
The dead money-lender - former partner to Scrooge
Who is Jacob Marley?
to strand
The type of story Canterbury Tales is considered
What is a Frame Story?
Who was the heir to the English throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth?
King James I (of England) already ruling a James VI of Scotland, son of Mary Stuart
makes a comparison using "Like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Pilgrim having locks as curly as if they had been pressed with a hot iron
Who is the Squire?
to afflict
Does the Shepherd convince the girl to go off and live with him?
No, he did not
Which two great houses or families fought in the War of the Roses?
York and Lancaster
Makes a comparison by stating that one thing is something other than is actually is
What is metaphor?
Pilgrim whose bald head shone like a mirror
Who is the Monk?
Means to claim as one's own, to loot
to plunder
A home where the shrouded spirit took Scrooge
Where is: to Cratchit's, also to the couple indebted to him?
What happened following an argument between King Henry II and his best friend Thomas Beckett, a bishop?
The king's guards killed Beckett who became a martyred saint
Gives human attributes or characteristics to a thing that is not human
What is personification?
Pilgrim who could judge expected crop based upon drought and rain
Who is the Reeve?
means to equivocate, to be indirect, possibly untrue
to prevaricate
Considering the story pyramid of Freytag, what label could be ascribed to Beowulf killing the female monster beneath the lake and chopping off Grendel's head
What is: The turning point?
Who started the official record known as "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"?
King Alfred the Great
Makes a line have rhythm, a beat
What is stress or meter?
Pilgrim who, though illiterate was wiser than university instructors
Who is the Manciple?
means to decorate or embellish
both/either:
to garnish
to inlay
Considering setting, the month for each story: A Christmas Carol & for Canterbury Tales
When is: December & April?
(both for a complete response)
Name a Renaissance man covered in the textbook
Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas More, Henry Howard, Thomas Nash, Francis Bacon, Philip Sidney, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson, William Caxton, Johann Gutenberg, John Wycliffe, William of Ockham, Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare
Makes a cultural reference to something that should be understood by the reader/listener