End Of Semester Test: English 12a (Plato)

Which three parts of this excerpt from Beowulf relate to a warrior code? Beowulf answered, Ecgtheow's son: "Grieve not, O wise one! for each it is better, [His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him;] [Each of us must the end-day abide of] His earthly existence; who is able accomplish [Glory ere death!] [To battle-thane noble Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.] Arise, O king, [quick let us hasten To look at the footprint of the kinsman of Grendel!] I promise thee this now: to his place he'll escape not, . . ." {Ans: His friend to avenge than with vehemence wail him; Glory ere death! & To battle-thane noble Lifeless lying, 'tis at last most fitting.}Match the words that have the same denotations. {Ans: favored → lucky drenched → soaked grinned → smiled scoffed → mocked elated → happy}In this excerpt from act IV, scene VII, of Hamlet, which phrase supports the theme of disease, rotting, and decay? LAERTES: [Know you the hand?] KING: 'Tis Hamlet's character: "Naked"! And in a postscript here, he says "alone." [Can you devise me?] LAERTES: I am lost in it, my lord. But let him come, [It warms the