Gifted English IV Exam Review

Gifted English IV
Semester Examination Review

I wouldn’t worry too much if I were you about this exam. I think it’s easy.
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The format for this test includes the following types of questions:
o multiple choice
o matching
o true-false
o putting events into order
There are no essays on this test due to time restrictions.
The exam covers the following subject areas:
1984
Beowulf
Becket
The Canterbury Tales
Macbeth
The first two acts of Hamlet
Historical Eras: Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Renaissance
Vocabulary in Context
Reading Skills
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
various bits of trivia and minutiae I can include to annoy you
People to Know
Authors
Margery Kempe
Julian of Norwich
Sir Thomas Malory
Christopher Marlowe
Jean Anouilh
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
George Orwell
Characters
Beowulf
Hrothgar
Wealtheow
Wiglaf
Unferth
Breca (Brecca)
St. Augustine
Alfred the Great
Harold the Saxon
William the Conqueror (they all have the same middle name!)
Boadicea
Maeve
Henry II
Thomas a Becket
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Chaucer’s pilgrims
Knight Host
Prioress Cook
Monk Miller
Friar Wife of Bath
Skipper Squire
Pardoner Yeoman
Summoner
The Green Knight
The Host
The Lady
Arthurian Knights
Macbeth Macduff James I
Lady Macbeth Fleance Lady Macduff
Banquo Siward
Duncan Edward the Confessor
Malcolm and Donalbain AND don’t forget the icky witches!!!!!
Hamlet
Gertrude
Claudius
Hamlet the Elder (Ghost)
Horatio
Ophelia
Laertes
Fortinbras
Polonius
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Terms/Concepts to Know
morgengifu
Heorot
Stonehenge
animism
Druids/Celts
runic language
Old English
Middle English
Modern English
chivalry
courtly love
feudalism/social class structure in the Middle Ages
influence of Boccaccio’s Decameron on The Canterbury Tales
role of the Church in secular matters
genealogy of the Tudor line
Henry VII—Elizabeth of York
Henry VIII
The Six Wives
Edward
Mary I
Elizabeth
James I of Scotland

Styles of Medieval Poetry (Ballads)
Regicide
Imagery in Macbeth
Blood
Sleep
Guilt
Appearance v. reality
Clothing
Madness

Additional Notes I Tell You to Add at the Last Minute: