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End of Semester Test: English 12A (PLATO)
Questions & 100% Correct Answers Which sentence best explains why modern English reflects the influence of several languages?✓ ~~> B. Between AD 500 and 1200, invaders from several countries conquered parts of Britain.
Match the words that have the same denotations.✓ ~~> favored → lucky drenched → soaked grinned → smiled scoffed → mocked elated → happy
What is the reason for the tragic end of the hero Beowulf?✓ ~~> B. hubris
Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a warrior code?
Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son: 1 / 3
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Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update "Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better, [His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;] [Each of us must the end-day abide of] His earthly existence; who is able accomplish
[Glory ere death!] [To battle-thane noble Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.] Arise, O king, [quick let us hasten To look at the footprint of the kinsman of Grendel!]
I promise thee this now: to his place he'll escape not, . . ."
✓ ~~> His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;
Glory ere death!
& To battle-thane noble Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.
What do these lines from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight reveal about the character of Sir Gawain?
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Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update That no host under heaven is hardier of will, Nor better brothers-in-arms where battle is joined; I am the weakest, well I know, and of wit feeblest; ✓ ~~> B. He is modest.
Medieval romances abounded in archetypes. Most characters in romances fit into a certain archetypal mold. Match the characters from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to the archetypes they represent.✓ ~~> the trickster → Morgan Le Faye the temptress → Bertilak's wife the hero on a quest → Sir Gawain the hospitable host → Bertilak of Hautdesert
Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
O new Iscariot, O new Ganelon!O false dissimulator, Greek Sinon That brought down Troy all utterly to sorrow!O Chanticleer, accursed be that morrow
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