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Name _______________________________
Middle Ages Quiz
Fill in the blank: Using one or two words, put the correct answer in each blank (4 points each)
1. A knight had to take a(n) ______________ of loyalty to his King.
1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
4. The two things that the Green Knight carries with him
5. ______________________
6. ______________________
7. The winning that Sir Gawain offers Lord Bercilak each night
7._______________________
8. ______________________
9. ______________________
2. Besides alliteration, what is one other literary device used in the following lines? Explain your answer using
the definition of the literary device.
That a horseman and his horse should have such a color
As to grow green as grass, and greener yet, it seemed,
More gaudily glowing than green enamel on gold
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3. What value/rule of chivalry does Sir Gawain show in the following lines? Explain your answer.
She proffered him a rich ring wrought in red gold...
She offered it him urgently and he refused again,
Fast affirming his refusal on his faith as a knight
4. Based on the values/rules of chivalry, how can we explain the relationship between Sir Gawain and the lady
of the castle (Lady Bercilak?) Give proof for your answer.
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Name _______________________________
Middle Ages Test
Fill in the blank: Using one or two words, put the correct answer in each blank (2 points each)
1) The _________ system was a social ranking system based on divine right
1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3) Just as Wiglaf shows this value/rule to his King in Beowulf, Sir Gawain
3. ______________________
shows _________ to his King when he takes Arthurs place in the Christmas game
4) When the Green Knight arrives at Arthurs castle, he carries an axe and
a holly branch. This serves as an example of a _________, in which two
things placed side by side seemingly contradict one another.
4. ______________________
5. ______________________
6. ______________________
7) When Sir Gawain says to Lady Bercialk, And ever through hot and cold
I shall stay your devotee, what value/rule of chivalry does he show?
7. ______________________
8) The Green Knight picks up his head from the ground after Sir Gawain strikes
him. This shows that the Green Knight is a _________ character.
8. ______________________
9) The name of the place that Sir Gawain seeks on his quest
9. ______________________
10) Which of the following values/rules of Medieval chivalry best describes this
modern scenario: A high school student tells the truth about a fight in the
hallway, even though telling the truth could make her friends mad at her.
10. ______________________
11) The winning(s) that Sir Gawain gives to Lord Bercilak each night in
the castle
11. ______________________
Multiple choice: Circle the best answer for each question (2 points each)
12) During the Middle Ages, knights were judged mainly by the way that they followed ________.
a) the Bible
b) the Doomsday Book
c) the code of chivalry
d) Feudalism
e) Supernatural events
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d) Guinevere
b) Lady Bercilak
e) King Arthur
c) Lord Bercilak
14) What does Lady Bercilak successfully give to Sir Gawain?
a) sex
d) belt
b) jewelry
e) whistle
c) hair band
15) What is the main literary device (besides alliteration) used in the lines, On the bank beyond the brook, a
barbarous noise. What! It clattered amid the cliffs fit to cleave them apart...?
a) irony
b) imagery
c) rhyme
d) paradox
e) theme
16) Who is described in the line, Such a horseman, in the whole wide world was never seen or
observed by those assembled before, not one...?
a) Sir Gawain
b) Guinevere
c) The Green Knight
d) Lady Bercilak
e) King Arthur
17) Alliteration is most clearly shown in which of the following lines?
a) For Arthur sensed an exploit before the high days...
b) I was craven about our encounter...
c) You honor the trysts you owe...
d) Down in yonder green field there lies a knight slain...
e) First, a green gossamer, a golden one next...
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19) After the Green Knight strikes Sir Gawain, he explains his actions as examples of symbolism.
In the following chart, explain the TYPE of strike that the Green Knight gives to Sir Gawain each time.
Then, name AND specifically explain (in detail) what each strike symbolizes or represents. (15 points)
Strike
Type of strike
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Step Three: Using at least three of the five values/rules of chivalry and examples from the text, defend your rating.
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In class, we watched a few clips concerning a recent news headline about UNCChapel Hill and what most are calling its academic scam. These clips revealed
the reasons that Mary Willingham came forward about what she considered to be
academic fraud at UNC.
In your essay, you must:
1. Follow the W-1 model
2. Write a 1 to 11/2 page essay on the following prompt.
Prompt:
Imagine that you are in charge of a school with a really strong
sports program. Would you allow special treatment or lower
standards for student athletes in the classrooms in order to help
them to be eligible to play their sport? Why or why not? Explain
with specific reasons.
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You can access these clips again online through the following links:
1) http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-27/in-fake-classes-scandal-unc-fails-its-athleteswhistle-blower
**Or type into Google: businessweek fake scandal classes
2) http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/us/unc-report-academic-fraud/index.html
**Or type into Google: cnn unc academic fraud
3) http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/11745036/north-carolina-investigation-says-adviserspushed-sham-classes
**Or type into Google: espn sham classes
Macbeth Quiz
Name __________________________
Act I
Fill in the blank: Using one or two words, put the correct answer in each blank.
1. What country is the primary setting for the story?
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Quote IDs: Name the character who says each of the following lines.
8. Her husbands to Aleppo gone, master o th Tiger: But in a sieve
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Ill thither sail, and like a rat without a tail, Ill do, Ill do, and Ill do
9. So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
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10. We will establish our estate upon our eldest, Malcom, whom
we name hereafter The Prince of Cumberland
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11. Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and
fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full of direst cruelty
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12. First, I am his kinsman and his subject, strong both against the deed;
then, as his host, who should against the murderer shut the door, not
bear the knife myself
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Theme: _________________________________________
Literary Device: __________________________________
Act II
Fill in the blank: Using one or two words, put the correct answer in each blank.
1. In Scene 1, what image does Macbeth falsely see (as a
hallucination?)
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_______________ & ________________
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Quote IDs: Name the character who says each of the following lines.
10. I go, and it is done: the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it
is a knell that summons thee to heaven, or to hell.
11. Go get some water, and wash this filthy witness from your hand...
a little water clears us of this deed. How easy is it then!
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12. (upon finding the body of the King): O horror, horror, horror!
Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee.
Answer the following questions.
13. Macbeth explains to his wife that he thought he heard one of the guards say:
Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleepthe innocent sleep. What does this foreshadow?
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Macbeth Quiz
Act III
I.
Fill in the blank: Using one or two words, put the correct answer in each blank.
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3. In #2 above, what other element of the tragedy (besides the supernatural ___________________________
element) does this figure represent?
4. Who has gone to ask for help to fight Macbeth, according to what
Lennox and the Lord discuss at the end of Act III?
II.
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Quote ID: Name the character who says each of the following.
5.
Come on.
Gentle my lord, sleek oer your rugged looks,
Be bright and jovial among your guests tonight.
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6.
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7.
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8.
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9.
I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go oer.
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III.
10. We learn in Act III that Macbeth is a character who changes throughout the story. What kind of
character is he? (hint: literary device). Give proof for this, based on what unfolds in Act III.
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Macbeth: There the grown serpent lies; the worm thats fled
Hath nature that in time will venom breed...
a. Which characters is Macbeth talking about?
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Macbeth Quiz
Act IV
I.
Fill in the blank: Using one or two words, put the correct answer in each blank.
1. Which character does the first apparition (vision) warn Macbeth of?
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II.
Quote ID: Name the character who says each of the following.
6.
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7.
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8.
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9.
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10.
Black Macbeth
Will seem as pure as snow, and the poor state
Esteem him as a lamb, being compared
With my confineless harms
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III.
11.
Name ____________________________________
12.
a. Explain what Malcolm means when he says this to Macduff at the end of Act IV.
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Macbeth Quiz
Act V
I.
Fill in the blank: Using one or two words, put the correct answer in each blank.
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4. Who is the confident tyrant that Malcolm and his soldiers refer to in
Scene IV of Act V?
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5. Considering the elements of the tragedy, what does Macduff desire in ____________________________
Act V?
II.
Quote ID: Name the character who says each of the following.
6.
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7.
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8.
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9.
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10.
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III.
11.
Name ____________________________________
12.
b. How do the witches use this apparition (vision) to trick Macbeth? Explain your answer by
describing what happens at the end of the play.
Macbeth Test
Name__________________________________
Fill in the blank: Using one or two words, put the correct answer in each blank.
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3) The witches predict that Banquo will have ________ who are
Kings.
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5) In Act I, Macbeth says, So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
What main literary device is shown here?
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Quote ID: Name the character who says each of the following.
11)
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12)
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13)
I am in blood
Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more ,
Returning were as tedious as go oer
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14)
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15)
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16)
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17)
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d) Hamlet Theatre
b) Royal Theatre
e) Renaissance Theatre
c) Globe Theatre
19) What is the main literary device in the following line?
King Duncan (arriving at the castle of Macbeth):
This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air
Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
Unto our gentle senses.
a) Dramatic Irony
d) Metaphor
b) Foreshadowing
e) Alliteration
c) Flashback
20) Macbeth becomes alarmed when he realizes that which character got away?
a) Banquo
d) King Duncan
b) Fleance
e) Lennox
c) Lady Macduff
21) The theme, Fair is foul, and foul is fair is NOT revealed in which passage?
a) Lady Macbeth:
Gentle my lord, sleek oer your [rough] looks,
be bright and jovial among your guests tonight.
b) Macduff:
I know this is a joyful trouble to you
But yet tis one.
e) Malcolm:
Cousins, I hope the days are near at hand
That [homes] will be safe.
c) Lady Macduff:
But I remember now
I am in this earthy world, where to do harm
Is often [praise-worthy], to do good sometime
Accounted dangerous [stupidity/madness]
22) Macduff goes to get help from Malcolm and the English army. When he arrives, Malcolm tests him
by:
a) Pretending to be Donalbain (his brother)
d) the Doctor
b) Lady Macduff
e) Macduffs son
c) King Duncan
24) According to many readers (as well as Malcolms suspicions), Lady Macbeth ultimately ends up:
a) Falling to her death
d) Killing herself
e) Dying in battle
2)
3)
Using the five elements of the tragedy (from above), prove that Macbeth (the play) fits the criteria for a
Shakespearian tragedy.
Elements
1.
2.
3. Supernatural events
4. Comic relief
5.
26)
Some of Lady Macbeths final lines in the play are shown below. Use these lines, as well as
your knowledge of the blood/water symbolism throughout the play, to answer the
following questions.
a. Explain how the blood/water symbolism above reveals Lady Macbeths feelings about the murder of King
Duncan.
b.
Explain how this makes Lady Macbeth a dynamic character.
27) In Act IV, the witches show Macbeth three apparitions (predictions; visions.)
b) Describe what each vision says. Then, explain what these visions ultimately foreshadow (what
happens at the end of the play to make these visions come true?)
Apparition
(Vision) 1
Apparition
(Vision) 2
Apparition
(Vision) 3
28)
Macbeth:
Lifes but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more.
a) In this statement, what does Macbeth reveal about his feelings at the end of the play? What shows this?
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In class, we enacted the sociological blame story with the madman who murdered the wife
when she crossed the bridge. For this essay, you will have to give blame for a murder in
Shakespeares Macbeth.
Prompt:
Who is most to blame for King Duncans murder Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, or the Witches?
You must pick only one, and you cannot play both sides. Stick to your choice.
You must give evidence from the play.
I should see what you used as a basis for your opinion as I read the essay.
I should see that you are following our writing model (W-1).
Your essay must be 1 to 1 pages in length.
Brainstorm here:
Night Assessment
March 20th, 2015
(due at the end of the class period)
We have analyzed many themes in Elie Wiesels memoir, Night.
Your goal is to:
Choose a theme from the A Novel With Many Themes handout. Using the
constructed response format handouts as guides, type up a paragraph about the
theme you chose.
Be sure to use:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
***In order to avoid late penalty, this assessment needs to be completed and turned
in by the end of the period.