English 1135 test

Another principle illustrated as noted in __________________ is whatsoever a man south that shall he also __________

Galatians 6:7, reap

two prose works, used in the English churches, that influence Elizabethan writers were _______________ and _____________

Great Bible, Book of common prayer

One Biblical truth illustrated in Macbeth as stated in Jeremiah 17:9 is the _________ of man is naturally ____________

Heart,wicked

____________ wrote Acts and Monuments

John Foxe

_______________ wrote History of the reformation of religion in the realm of Scotland

John Knox

Initially _______________________ encouraged Macbeth to kill king Duncan

Lady Macbeth

The Elizabethan theater had its origin in the __________ and __________ plays put on in the church by priests and choirboys as well as the _________ plays which were performed in open courtyards

Miracle, Mystery, morality

words like "measles," "news," "economics," and "United States" appear to be _______, but take _________ verbs

Plural, Singular

compound subjects joined by "and" require a ___________ verb, while those joined by "or" or "not" require a verb that agrees with the subject ______________________ the verb

Plural,nearer

The setting for the play is ______________

Scotland

The tragedy, Macbeth, was written by ______________ to honor ______________, the first Stuart monarch

Shakespeare, James I

Soldier, Explorer, courtier, and writer, _________________________ embodied the spirit of the elizabethan age

Sir Walter Raleigh

Matthew 7:12

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

After the defeat of the ______________________, Elizabethan England experienced great change

Spanish Armanda

The most notable poet and playwright of the Elizabethan Age was

William Shakespeare

perpetrator

a person who commits a crime

when a relative pronoun is the subject the verb agrees with the ____________________ of the pronoun

antecedent

when Lady Macbeth guilt ridden conscience drove her insane she imagined she had _________ on her hands which she could not wash off

blood

admission

confession; entrance

deleterious

dangerous

culpable

deserving blame

In the beginning of the play Macbeth is an honorable ma but later sinks to great depths of wickedness because of his ambitious __________ to become king

desire

vernacular

everyday language

Macbeth deliberately chose to do __________

evil

credulous

gullible

Personal pronouns that take singular verbs are ____________,___________, and ________

he,she,it

certain _____________ pronouns and _____________ nouns can be either singular or plural

indefinite,collective

embodiment

living example of

Subjects and verbs must agree in ____________ and ___________

number and person

Generally speaking singular subjects require ____________ verbs and ___________ subjects require plural verbs

singular, plural

In the play the three weird _______________ represent a strong force of evil

sister

because of his guilty conscience, Macbeth could not _______

sleep

a sentence may begin with "here" or "there" but the verb agrees with the _____________

subject

the verb agrees with the __________________ even if the predicate nominative is different in number

subject

augment

to make larger, increase

evince

to show clearly

the personal pronouns that take singular verbs are _________,_________,and ____________

we,you, and they

veritable

(adj.) actual, true, real

heinous

(adj.) very wicked, offensive, hateful

Heresy

(n.) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

________________, a main character in play was historically an ancestor of James I

Banquo

The characters and plots of Shakespeare plays often illustrate ___________ truths

Biblical

the prophecy of great Birnam wood coming to high dunnsinnane is fulfilled when Malcolm orders his troops to camouflage themselves with _____________

Branches

The purpose for the writing of Acts and Monuments was to produce a work that would never allow the English people to forget the cruelty imposed on protestant _____________________ during the reign of the Roman Catholic queen, _________________

Christians, Bloody Mary

Macbeth foolishly did not consider the grave ______________- that would result from this choice

Consequence