Question 1. Agree or disagree with the statement below. Support your agreement or disagreement with evidence and development. (8 points per question;...

Question 1. Agree or disagree with the statement below. Support your agreement or disagreement with evidence and development.

(8 points per question; 4 points for EVIDENCE, 4 points for DEVELOPMENT).

The poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight meets the expectations of the romance genre.

Question 2. Agree or disagree with the statement below.. Support your agreement or disagreement with evidence and development.

(8 points per question; 4 points for EVIDENCE, 4 points for DEVELOPMENT).

The Black Death is not an important context for understanding the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale.

Question 3. Answer the given prompt, incorporating a claim, direct quotations from the passage, and development into your answer.

 (8 points per question; 4 points for the CLAIM sentence, 4 points for DEVELOPMENT).

Why is the following passage a typologically important one for interpreting Beowulf?

            "Just so I ruled the Ring-Danes' country

            for fifty years, defended them in wartime

            with spear and sword against constant assaults

            by many tribes: I came to believe

            my enemies had faded from the face of the earth.

            Still, what happened was a hard reversal

from bliss to grief. Grendel struck

after lying in wait." (1669-1776)

Question 4. Answer the given prompt, incorporating a claim, direct quotations from the passage, and development into your answer.

 (8 points per question; 4 points for the CLAIM sentence, 4 points for DEVELOPMENT). 

How does the following passage show Arthur's conflicted character?

            His blood was busy and he buzzed with thoughts,

            and the matter which played on his mind at that moment

            was his pledge to take no portion from his plate

            on such a special day until a story was told:

            some far-fetched yarn or outrageous fable,

            like the action-packed epics of men-at-arms.

            Or till some chancer had challenged his chosen knight,

            dared him, with a lance, to lay life on the line,

            to stare death face-to-face and accept defeat

            should fortune or fate smile more favorably on his foe. (89-98)

Question 5. Respond to the prompt below with a sentence bundle (a claim, evidence, and development).

(18 points per passage; 6 points for CLAIM, 6 points for EVIDENCE, 6 points for DEVELOPMENT)

Warrior Virtues in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight vs. Warrior Virtues in Beowulf