English II Final Exam Literature Review (2025)

Match each character to his or her proper description.

• governor of Messina

• Benedick

• young soldier in Don Pedro's army

• Don Pedro

• nobleman from Aragon; leader of the army

• Claudio

• nobleman in Don Pedro's army

• Dogberry

• chief constable of Messina

• Leonato

Match each character to his nickname.

• Don Pedro

• Signior Mountanto

• Bentley Drummle

• Prince

• Magwitch

• Provis

• Benedick

• Handel

• Pip

• Spider

Match each character to his or her job.

• Molly

• blacksmith

• Herbert

• sheep farmer

• Joe Gargery

• lawyer

• Mr. Jaggers

• Mr. Jaggers's housekeeper

• Magwitch

• merchant

Match each character to his or her proper description.

• Benedick

• gullible

• Dogberry

• villainous

• Claudio

• witty

• Beatrice

• skilled fighter

• Don John

• comical

Match each character to his or her proper description.

• bitter

• Mrs. Joe

• generous

• Miss Havisham

• proud

• Joe Gargery

• abusive

• Estella

• forgiving

• Magwitch

Match each character to his or her proper description.

• Herbert's secret benefactor

• Joe Gargery

• Estella's adoptive mother

• Magwitch

• Pip's secret benefactor

• Miss Havisham

• Pip's brother-in-law

• Pip

• Mrs. Joe's attacker

• Orlick

Which of the following are characteristics of a Shakespearean comedy?

• The play begins in harmony and ends in discord.

• The play takes place in an idyllic setting.

• Plot involves mistaken identity & disguise.

• The plot is straightforward & predictable.

• The plot is centered around love.

Match each literary device to its definition.

• A speech given by a character alone on stage, revealing thoughts

• pun

• A play on words that exploits multiple meanings

• dramatic irony

• humorous misuse of words

• malapropism

• A situation where the audience knows something that the characters do not

• soliloquy

Match each literary device to its definition.

• A hint about what will happen later in the story

• allusion

• The way an author presents and develops characters

• setting

• The time and place in which a story occurs

• characterization

• A reference to another work of literature or art

• foreshadowing

Identify the literary device exemplified by the following quote: "Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a piece of valiant dust? ... No, uncle, I’ll none. Adam’s sons are my brethren, and truly I hold it a sin to match in my kindred" (2.1).

• allusion

• pun

• malapropism

• dramatic irony