Chaucer uses the pilgrimage primarily as a device to

Course Name: Twelfth Grade English 1: Early British Literature Student: Justin Jun Course ID: ENGH043060 ID: A84527857 Submittal: 51 Progress Test 1 This Progress Test covers the course materials that were assigned in Units 1 and 2. Although the progress test is similar in style to the unit evaluations, the progress test is a closed-book, proctored test. You may not have access to notes or any of the course materials while you are taking the test. It is important that you do your own work. Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Old English is a Germanic language. a. b. ____ 2. Anglo-Saxon literature from England a. b. c. ____ 3. True False Beowulf uses his ______to kill Grendel. a. b. c. ____ 7. to drive him out of the hall. to turn his soul to God. to kill him. It is rare to find legendary events in epics. a. b. ____ 6. He sometimes accepted unlikely stories as true. He usually did not tell where he got information. Much of his information comes from his own observations. In the following quote from Beowulf ". . . they could hack at Grendel / From every side, trying to open / A path for his evil soul, but their points / Could not hurt him . . . " the underlined words can be paraphrased as a. b. c. ____ 5. always used rhyming verse. reflected oral poetry. recorded historical facts only. What keeps Bede from being completely accurate in A History of the English Church and People? a. b. c. ____ 4. True False sword dagger hands A Celtic chieftain from the fifth or sixth century is believed to be the source for King Arthur. a. b. True False ____ 8. A cuckoo is described as a "summer's sentinel," which is an example of a a. b. c. ____ 9. scop. kenning. predicate. We see Christianity being spread by The Venerable Bede by his a. b. c. claiming to be the reincarnation of St. John the Apostle. writing of historical accounts from a Christian perspective. claiming to be the reincarnation of St. John the Apostle. ____ 10. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight a sense of supernatural is found when a. b. c. the Green Knight does not die from Sir Gawain's blow. the Green Knight challenges King Arthur's knights. Sir Gawain arrives at the Green Castle and finds it hideous. ____ 11. What does the following quotation from A History of the English Church and People show? "Having no women with them, these Picts asked wives of the Scots, who consented on condition that, when any dispute arose, they should choose a king from the female royal line rather than the male." a. b. c. Picts believed Scots women brought a higher social status. Scots women were eager to marry Pict men. Scots wanted political influence in the Pict royal court. ____ 12. In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses the pilgrimage primarily as a device to a. b. c. emphasize the characters' religious aspirations. frame the stories told by individual characters. describe the rigors of medieval life. ____ 13. The following idea is lamented in "Barbara Allen" a. b. c. Sir John murdered Barbara. Barbara knew what was happening, but Sir John did not. Sir John and Barbara were unable to express their love in life. ____ 14. Knowledge of the historical context of Anglo-Saxon poetry helps a reader understand why certain things occur by a. b. c. helping them restate in their own words what a poem is saying. giving them clues about the situation of the time when it was written. showing them how important correct spelling and grammar are. ____ 15. Based on the details included in the quote from A History of the English Church and People, which quotation is probably the most historically accurate? a. b. c. "On the opposite side of Britain, which lies open to the boundless ocean, lie the isles of the Orcades." "As Saint Basil says: ‘Water receives its heat when it flows across certain metals, and becomes hot . . .'" "I have the heard that folk suffering from snakebite have drunk water in which scrapings from the leaves of books from Ireland have been steeped . . . ____ 16. Bede probably got his most reliable information that Britain had "twenty-eight noble cities" from the a. b. c. testimony from sailors. accounts in letters. records from a monastic library. ____ 17. The first part of "The Seafarer" is the story of a. b. c. a man's life on the sea. a sailor's conversion to Christianity. an exile's lament for his country. ____ 18. In Morte d'Arthur, which personal characteristic motivates Sir Bedivere to disobey King Arthur's order to throw the king's sword into the lake? a. b. c. evil ambition practical common sense ____ 19. Which of the following characteristics is shown in the quotation from The Canterbury Tales: "He was an easy man in penance-giving / Where he could hope to make a decent living; / It's a sure sign whenever gifts are given / To a poor Order that a man's well shriven, / And should he give enough he knew in verity / The penitent repented in sincerity." a. b. c. The storyteller gave out easy penances and absolution because he couldn't stand to criticize others. The storyteller knew that if he extracted a large enough price for the sin, the penitent person would truly feel sorry for what he had done. The storyteller gave out easy penances and absolution so he could make money. ____ 20. The Canterbury Tales' "Prologue" presents the theme of a. b. c. the basic evil of mankind. the pitfalls of sensual pleasure.