LONG QUIZ IN ENGLISH 9

NAME: _________________________________________ DATE: ______________ SCORE: _______________

GR&SEC: _______________________________ TEACHER’S NAME: __________________________________

I. Determine which of the following word groups are sentence fragments and which are complete
sentences. Write SEN for sentence, and FRAG for fragment.

______ 1. If your parents think today’s fashions are weird.

______ 2. They should see the clothes people wore in the Middle Ages.
______ 3. Patterns of floral or geometric shapes popular.
______ 4. Liked clothes that were half one color and half another.
______ 5. Might have one green leg and one red leg.
______ 6. People often heavy leather belts decorated with metal and jewels.
______ 7. Edges of clothing into shapes called dagges.
______ 8. Sleeves with streamers that were two or three feet long.
______ 9. Shoes had long toes that were padded to retain their shape.
______ 10. Tights of velvet or silk.
______ 11. When clothes were edged and lined in fur.
______ 12. Layers very common in medieval clothing.
______ 13. Was a way of displaying wealth.
______ 14. The more clothes a person could afford to wear, the wealthier that person was.
______ 15. Might wear a short-sleeved tunic over a long-sleeved tunic, with a sleeveless mantle over all.
______ 16. The usual head covering for men a hood with an attached shoulder cape and a long, extended
point, like a tail.
______ 17. Women wore a neck cloth pinned to their braids, hiding their hair.
______ 18. On top of the head, would wear a veil, a linen crown, or a small, round hat.
______ 19. In the later Middle Ages, women wore jewelled metal nets over their coiled braids.
______ 20. Current fashions a little boring in comparison.

II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE: Read each statements carefully. If the statement is true, write TRUE. If it
is incorrect, change the underlined word to make it correct.

__________________1. Sir John Greame was poisoned by his lover in the wild wood.
__________________2. A ballad is a poem that tells a story.
__________________3. Bloodhounds symbolize evil in the story of “Lord Randal”.
__________________4. Martinmas is a feast for Saint Martin of Tours.
__________________5. The good man won the agreement in the story of GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR.
__________________6. There are four intruders who tested the good man and the good wife.
__________________7. An incomplete sentence is called SENTENCE FRAGMENT.
__________________8. Lord Randal ate with his mother in the wild wood.
__________________9. Eels are snakelike fish used to poison Sir Randal.
__________________10. Barbara Allan died for Sir John Greame.
III. ENUMERATION: Enumerate what is being asked.

1-2 Types of ballad

3-5 Structure of ballad

6-7 Measure or beat of ballad

8-10 Types of refrain

IV. ESSAY: Answer the following questions briefly. (5pts each)

1. What was the conflict in GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR?

2. What is the history of Caedmon all about?

3. What are the most commonly used themes for a ballad? Enumerate at least five.

4. Why did Lord Randal die? Summarize the story.

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays.”

- Alfred Lord Tennyson