British Literature

1. BritishLiterature This is Jeopardy! Review Game

2. Early British Literature Renaissance Romantics And Victorians Moderns and Post Moderns Literary Terms 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

3. This was written in Old English and composed between 700 and 900 AD. Early Brit Lit 100 points A

4. What is BEOWULF? Early Brit Lit 100 points

5. Beowulf is considered this due to a component of the HERO. Early Brit Lit 200 points A

6. What is an EPIC? Early Brit Lit 200 points

7. This was the most popular legend during the middle ages that dealt with rightful king and the sword in the stone. Early Brit Lit 300 points A

8. What is ARTHURIAN LEGEND? Early Brit Lit 300 points

9. This tells the story of a pilgrimage (a trip to visit a holy site for contrition). The group included over 20 people from different walks of life (a knight, to a preacher, to a miller).. Early Brit Lit 400 points A

10. What is THE CANTERBURY TALES? Early Brit Lit 400 points

11. The four types of tales told in the CANTERBURY TALES Early Brit Lit 500 points A

12. What are ALLEGORICAL, MORAL, SATIRICAL, and BAWDY? Early Brit Lit 500 points

13. The three types of plays in which Shakespeare wrote. Renaissance 100 points A

14. What are COMEDIES, HISTORIES and TRAGEDIES? Renaissance 100 points

15. In a tragedy, the tragic hero possesses one of these; in Hamlet it is his indecisive nature Renaissance 200 points A

16. What is TRAGIC FLAW? Renaissance 200 points

17. Shakespeare makes many allusions to these throughout his play because of new translations of Greek and Roman texts. Renaissance 300 points A

18. What are allusions to Greek and Roman mythology? Renaissance 300 points

19. The following is an example of this literary device: HAMLET: Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing/ you make of me! You would play upon me, you/ would seem to know my stops, you would pluck/ out the heart of my mystery, you would sound me/ from my lowest note to the top of my compass (3.2.393-397) Renaissance 400 points A

20. What is PUN? Renaissance 400 points

21. This is the term used to describe a secondary character whose traits are designed to highlight traits of a more prominent character. An example would be Laertes to Hamlet. Renaissance 500 points A

22. What is CHARACTER FOIL? Renaissance 500 points

23. During the Romantic period, this was the focus instead of society as a whole. Romantics and Victorians 100 points A

24. What is the INDIVIDUAL? Romantics and Victorians 100 points

25. The Romantics rejected this aspect of modern life. Romantics and Victorians 200 points A

26. What is THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION? Romantics and Victorians 200 points

27. This was the most common type of literature produced during the Romantic period. Romantics and Victorians 300 points A

28. What is POETRY? Romantics and Victorians 300 points

29. During the Victorian Era and Wuthering Heights, the most common theme was this. Romantics and Victorians 400 points A

30. What is CLASS SYSTEM? Romantics and Victorians 400 points

31. Bronte’s version of the “hero”; classic element of Victorian literature; Heathcliff is an example because of his dark nature. Romantics and Victorians 500 points A

32. What is the SATANIC HERO? Romantics and Victorians 500 points

33. This literary period was known as the period after WWI. Post and Moderns 100 points A

34. What is the MODERN PERIOD? Post and Moderns 100 points

35. This is the literary period that exists after WWII. Post and Moderns 200 points A

36. What is POST-MODERN LITERATURE? Post and Moderns 200 points

37. A work of literature where a futuristic society is presented as incredibly imperfect. Post and Moderns 300 points A

38. What is DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE? Post and Moderns 300 points

39. This work portrays man as selfishly individualistic as philosopher Thomas Hobbes suggests. Post and Moderns 400 points A

40. What is LORD OF THE FLIES? Post and Moderns 400 points

41. The most powerful symbol in Lord of the Flies used to symbolize civilization and order. Post and Moderns 500 points A

42. What is the CONCH SHELL? Post and Moderns 500 points

43. The following is a dramatic literary device used by Shakespeare: HAMLET: You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I/ will more willingly part withal—except my life,/ except my life, except my life. POLONIUS: Fare you well, my lord. HAMLET: These tedious old fools. (2.2.233-237) Lit Devices 100 points A

44. What is ASIDE? Lit Devices 100 points

45. Piggy’s glasses would be considered one of these because it represents knowledge. Lit Devices 200 points A

46. What is SYMBOL? Lit Devices 200 points

47. Name that device: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way." Lit Devices 300 points A

48. What is ANTITHESIS? Lit Devices 300 points

49. And I will love thee still, my Dear,Till a‘ the seas gang dry. Lit Devices 400 points A

50. What is HYPERBOLE? Lit Devices 400 points