VWO 5 Literature class 10 - Test discussion

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VWO 5 - Literature (class 10)

VWO 4 - Unit 3 lesson 1 (a)

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Test discussion

Make sure you have a laptop or ipad in front of you, and take the website englishliteraturevwo5.weebly.com in front of you! 

Question 1

Even though Beowulf was set in a time before Christianity was established, it was written in a time that Christianity was already widespread. 

Question 2

Beowulf is poetry (1).

It contains alliteration and a rhythm (1). 

Question 3

A chronicle is an annualised record of events (1).

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the collective title given to a number of chronicles written during the Anglo-Saxon period, which were actually written quite independently. (1) 

Question 4

Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 5

 It tells the story of pilgrimage to the grave of Saint Thomas Becker, a bishop who was murdered in 1170 by the king's followers. The Prologue describes how a group of pilgrims meet in London and set out together to Canterbury. To pass the time, they agree to tell each other stories as they travel. 

Question 6

The fact that he is drunk as well as described as big and rough, provides an anticipation of what might come next; drunken tales of sex and adultery. 

Question 7

- She married 5 times, 5th time to a younger man (1 point)

- she is feisty, picking fights over books, she herself expects control over het own life, hence her story (1 point)

- she owns a lot of property now because of a fight with her last husband (1 point)

Question 8

Control over their own lives (and preferably over their husband’s as well) (1) 

Question 9

He subtly criticized society. 

Question 10

To make dishes and cups out of precious metals. As well as shackles and a way to openly humiliate criminals by decorating them with golden chains, rings, bracelets and even a crown. (1) 

More could be hinting towards his real opinion about the rich and King Henry VIII. (1) 

Question 11

For example: 

- 1564 – 1616 (1 point)

- born in Stratford upon Avon (1 point)

- married to Anne Hathaway when he was 18 (1 point)

- 3 children (1 point)

- …

Question 12

- It is a rhetorical question (the author does not expect an answer) (1)

- spark interest (1)

Question 13

Line 7 states that beauty won’t be forever. Line 10, however, suggests that the man will not lose his fairness. 

Question 14

– to meet the amount of syllables

- so “shake” is one of the syllables that is stressed

- to exaggerate the discrepancy between the rough winds and the man

Question 15

Shakespearean sonnet

Question 16

A volta or break of thought is a point in a sonnet where the logical development takes a new direction. (1) 

Between lines 12 and 13. (1) 

Cijferberekening

Totaal aantal punten: 28

Normering: 60% = 6,0