Bmhs Senior English Fall Final Exam Study Guide

The witch’s tale of the sailor and their use of outrageous ingredients in their cauldron indicates that the weird sisters are [     ]word bank: comical, malicious, harmless, generous

Why does Macbeth feel that he cannot be harmed?

• He received special powers when he killed Duncan

• Banquo's ghost told him

• He is the king

• The witches' prophesy

The English/Shakespearean sonnet consists of three [  ] and one [  ]

Beowulf is an example of a/an [ ] poem

Macbeth’s tragic flaw is his friendship with Macduff.

• True

• False

Which of the following quotes from Lady Macbeth demonstrates her desire to be made insensitive to the cruelty she plans?

• "Screw your courage to the sticking place / And we'll not fail."

• "Out, damn'd spot! out, I say!—One; two: why, then / 'tis time to do't."

• Make thick my blood, / Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse.”

• "Infirm of purpose! / Give me the daggers."

The “damned spot” to which Lady Macbeth refers is

• Macbeth’s predicament

• A pregnancy

• Duncan’s bloodstain

• Birnam Wood

Macduff declares that he must kill Macbeth because he must avenge his family members murders.

• True

• False

The scene of the porter and the gate right after the murder of King Duncan provides the audience with

• Suspension of disbelief

• Hamartia

• Time to understand the words of the play

• Comic relief

Lady Macbeth claims she could not kill King Duncan because he looked too peaceful when he was sleeping.

• True

• False

Why were theaters in the Renaissance built outside the city limits of London?

• So they would not offend the citizens of London

• Dress code was more relaxed outside the city limits

• The lighting worked better away from the city

• Property taxes were cheaper

Macbeth finally realized that the witches and apparitions

• Were a result of eating the “insane root”

• Were figments of his imagination

• Were committed to his best interests

• Deceived him with ambiguous messages

The grammar of Shakespeare’s time was essentially the same with minor differences.

• True

• False

Which of the following quotations is the best example of paradox? 

• “Was the hope drunk/ Wherein you dressed yourself?”

• “O, never/ Shall sun that morrow see!”

• “Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.”

• “Ill drain him dry as hay…”

What threatened to eliminate the warrior-god religion of the Anglo-Saxons?

• Irish mythology

• Christianity

• Invasion of the Vikings

• Celtic Animism

Which of the following does does not show how sleep/sleeplessness as a theme of the play? 

• Keeps Lady Macbeth wandering at night, eventually driving her crazy.

• Macbeth has terrible nightmares and probably leads to some of his erratic behavior.

• The witches make a potion which causes insomnia

• King Duncan is assassinated in his sleep.

Which of the following quotations from “The Prologue” is the best example of imagery?

• “He’d seen some service with the cavalry”’

• "Just home from service, he had joined our ranks”

• “In fifteen mortal battles he had been”

• “Thinly they fell, like rat-tails, one by one”

All of the following are characteristics of an English sonnet except

• Fourteen lines

• Introduction of the subject in the first few lines

• Free verse

• Iambic pentameter

• Presence of a turnb

Elizabethan English valued

• Confusion over acceptance.

• Metaphor and kennings.

• Reason over fantasy.

• Sound of language over logic.

King Duncan decides to make Macbeth Thane of Cawdor because 

• They are cousins (nepotism)

• The witches told him to do it

• Macbeth fought heroically for him

• The last Thane of Cawdor resigned

Which quote is the best example of an alliteration? 

• “My hands calm: I need no hot words”

• “Our glorious king! By almighty God,/ I’d rather bun myself than see/ flames swirling.”

• “From that happy pilgrimage, mounted their hard hooved/ Horses, high-spirited stallions, and rode them…”

• “Men slept, killing them in their beds, eating some on the spot…”

We need annotations for reading Shakespeare’s works because

• He wrote in Middle English.

• His works need to be translated into modern English.

• The English language has changed drastically during the past four hundred years

• Shakespeare’s language is so boring that it requires explanation.

Which of the following quotations contains the best example of a simile?

• "Doubtful it stood; / As two spent swimmers, that do cling together / And choke their art."

• “If it were done when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well/ it were done quickly.”

• “He hath honored me of late, and I have brought/ Golden opinions from all sorts of people.”

• “You seem to understand me,/ by each at once her choppy finger laying/ upon her skinny lips.”

After 100 years of invasions, which Empire is successful in conquering Britain?

• Roman

• Ottoman

• French

• Germanic

What is not an element of the hero’s journey?

• Call to adventure

• Crossing of the threshold

• Magic flight

• Forgetting the journey

• Denial of call

“His face on fire, like a cherubim, for he had carbuncles. His eyes were narrow….” is an example of:

• Epiphany

• Characterization

• Alliteration

• Connotation

Check all of the images which occur repeatedly in the play 

• Children

• Eggs

• Daggers

• Woods

• Blood

• Dogs

• Crowns

• Spiders

A “Romance" consists which of the following?

• A near-perfect hero

• An evil enemy

• A fight to the death

• A female figure

Check the descriptions of proper MLA formatting.

• In-text citation should look like this: ...like candles at an evening meeting.” (Crane, 266)

• Header in upper right hand corner with your last name and page number

• Heading with the order: your name, assignment name, international date

• In-text citation should look like this: ...like candles at an evening meeting. (Crane 266)

• Header in upper left hand corner with your last name and page number

• Centered title

• Heading with the order: your name, course name, instructor name, international date

• Heading with the order: your name, instructor name, course name, international date

• Header in lower right hand corner with your last name and page number

• In-text citation should look like this: ...like candles at an evening meeting.” (Crane 266)

• In-text citation should look like this: ...like candles at an evening meeting” (Crane 266).

Which of the following quotations contains the best example of imagery in the language? 

• “We shall no spend a large expense of time/ therefore we reckon with your several loves.”

• “Lamentings heard I’ th’ air, strange screams of death,…”

• “Why then, God’s soldier be he!/ Had I as many sons as I have hairs,…”

• “How now, my lord! Why do you keep alone,…”

Which are characteristics of an Epic hero?

• Supremely ethical

• Superior physical strength

• Must embark on a quest

• Ability to communicate with the spirit world

Which quote is the best example of a kenning?

• “…of offering mead to a hero who would help/ Her afflicted people.”

• “Sucked from his magic veins; but the swirling surf had covered his death,…”

• “Listening, the famous ring-giver sure, at last, that Grendel could be killed:…”

• “Proud son, if your hands were as hard, your heart/As fierce as you think it…”