"The Wife's Lament"

"The Wife's Lament"

12th Grade

6 Qs

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"The Wife's Lament"

"The Wife's Lament"

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Laura Carr

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6 questions

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What does it mean to be an exile? For full credit, your answer MUST be a complete sentence!

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a kenning?

red rose

tortoise shell

SpongeBob

whale-road

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Read the following quote from the poem:

"Be he outlawed

far in a strange folk-land-- that my beloved sits

under a rocky cliff rimed with frost

a lord dreary in spirit."


What words or phrases help you to recognize the historical context of these lines?

outlawed; strange folk-land

rocky cliff

my beloved

dreary in spirit

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The purpose of a caesura in a line of Anglo-Saxon poetry is to __________________.

mark the four beats in a line

provide a metaphorical name for something

indicate a pause for breath

remind a poet what to say

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In "The Wife's Lament", the wife assumes her husband is now ______________.

married to someone else

on an exciting adventure and not thinking of her

melancholy, as she is

on his way home for a reconciliation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What initiated the wife's exile in "The Wife's Lament"?

a plot by her husband's kinsmen

the lord of that region issuing a formal decree

her husband's long absence

her traveling in spite of her husband's wishes