Literature P2 V5 Study Questions

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Old English Period

Which Germanic tribes left their home to find a new place to live between 410 and 600 AD?

Name at least two kinds of poetry of the Old English

Name two characteristics from the liturgical plays

What is a double-entendre and in which Old English manuscript can it be found a lot?

Name an example of a elegy

Kenning was often used in old English poetry but what is the literal definition of this term?

The wanderer is an example of an elegy but what exactly is this?

What happened in 1066?

Name two reasons why Beowulf was/is important

Is this following sentence an example of alliteration, kenning or variation?
Meotodes meahte and his modgepanc.

What is the meaning of a lyric poetry?

Middle English Period

Who invaded England in 1066?

What was the motto in the Middle English?

What was a mystery play? Name at least two characteristics.

What’s in the Domesday Book?

In 1349 almost 1/3 of England’s population died by what?

Give an example of an Arthurian text.

What was the name of the first English Law Book?

Where were miracle plays and mystery plays performed in the Middle English period?

What was the name off the hierarchical system based on the ownership of land?

Who wrote the Canterbury Tales and what type of story is it.

What changed in mystery plays in the middle English period?

What is Romance poetry?

Renaissance

Why was Mary I called ‘Bloody Mary’?

What is a ‘volta’ in a sonnet?

Why did Henry VIII found the new Church of England?

What was the motto in the Renaissance?

Name two characteristics of the sonnet.

Why is Shakespeare considered so talented?

How did Mary Stuart become bloody Mary?

Name 3 differences between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

What is the exact meaning of the renaissance?

What is the difference between theocentric and anthropocentric.

What do the witches predict in I.iii for Macbeth? For Banquo?

Macbeth says, "Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires." What are Macbeth's desires?

What excuse or explanation did Macbeth give for killing the guards (grooms)? What is his real reason?

What is Macbeth's plan for killing Banquo and Fleance? Does it work?

Can you explain the deeper meaning of Banquo's ghost appearing at the banquet?

How does Lady Macbeth cover for Macbeth at the banquet? What excuses does she give for his wild talk?

What do the doctor and gentlewoman see Lady Macbeth doing? What do they decide to do?

What trick does Malcolm use to hide the number of men in his army?

When does Macbeth know he's in trouble?

Macbeth is described as 'an essentially noble man who degenerates into a mere criminal.' Do you agree with this? Support your answer.