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2nd Anglo-Saxon Exam Prep Game
2nd Anglo-Saxon Exam Prep Game
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What did Gilgamesh go into the water to find?
A fish
A rock
A plant
A crab
2
How many flood stories are there around the world?
150
23
over 500
2: Gilgamesh and the Bible
3
Which is an Anglo-Saxon characteristic?
Ruler was expected to be very loyal to his subjects
Waited to welcome new people until they were proven brave
They pretended no one would die
Admired Warriors for the strength of their Mail
4
A poetic device characterized by the repetition of vowel sounds in a line.
alliteration
consonance
kennings
assonance
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Name of the mead hall in Beowulf
herot
gothard
hrothgar
wiglaf
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What is the mood of the Seafarer
Whimsical
Sad
Happy
Pensive
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How did Anglo-Saxons earn fame ?
cutting down others
heroic actions
building a new mead hall
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Did they people enjoy Gilgamesh being their king?
No
Yes
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a strong pause within a line of poetry
caesura
kenning
foreshadowing
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Was FRIENDSHIP one of the virtues listed in the moral code?
yes!
no!
11
A modern day mead hall would be kind of like a
coffee shop
bar
all the above
pub
12
This poem is an example of a/an
Heroic Poem
Eliagic Poem
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How many flood stories are there around the world?
150
23
over 500
2: Gilgamesh and the Bible
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"Hunger tore at my weary soul." What literary device is here?
Caesura
Kenning
Irony
Alliteration
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What happened to the thing that Gilgamesh went into the water to get?
He couldn't bring it to the surface ; too heavy
He got it and it worked!
He fell asleep and a snake ate it!
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Whom did they go to kill in the forest?
Wombita
Mumbalta
Himbilda
Humbaba
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Holmes's Watson. Lucy's Ricky Ricardo. Sheriff Taylor's Barney Fife.
Foil
Friend
Enemy
Comedian
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Where was the wife sent to live?
Beyond the village school
On the other side of town
In an old abandoned shack
Under an Oak Tree
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attributing human qualities to an animal, plant or non-living thing
analogy
personification
kenning
metaphor
20
Did her in-laws like the wife?
No!
Yes!
21
Have archeologists uncovered mead halls similar to the one described in Beowulf?
Yes!
Maybe
No
22
What was the name of the guy in the Gilgamesh flood who correlated with Noah/Biblical Flood?
Aldegund
Vilhelmas
Olufawimi
Utnapishtim
23
Empty question
Empty choice
Empty choice
24
Wednesday was named for the
Day of Thor
Day of Woden
Day of Weddings
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Who did the gods make for Gilgamesh
Encurzu
Encarda
Enkidu
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What great disaster happened in Gilgamesh that mirrors a story from the Bible?
A war
A flood
An earthquake
A fire
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Repeated consonant sounds in series of words
Consonance
Alliteration
Caesura
Assonance
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Thursday was named for the
Day of Thor
Day of Woden
Day of Thirst
29
What were the virtues in the A-S moral code, as taught to children?
Hospitality, Fidelity, Discipline, and Self-Reliance
Courage, Conniving and Discipline
2nd and 3rd boxes
Courage, Truth, Honor, Industriousness & Perseverance
30
Where did the scops recite their poems?
Houses and fields
Mead Halls
Class Rooms
Monks' Churches
31
Were Scops or Bards as important to the Anglo-Saxons as their Warriors?
No!
Yes!
Who Cares?
32
How many virtues were in the Anglo-Saxons' moral code, which they were taught as children?
9
11
8
10
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True/False: At the end of the story, Gilgamesh vowed to keep trying to find immortality.
True
False
34
What caused Enkidu and Gilgamesh to become BFFs?
A chance meeting
A huge fight
A long talk
35
What was Gilgamesh trying to find on his long journey?
Immortality
Peace
Wisdom
Healing
36
For the non-Christian Anglo Saxons, what was only thing that mattered after death?
money
fame
land
children
37
What is a not a theme of the poem?
Dinner
Sadness
Isolation
Exile
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Why do some people think the wife was dead and some think she was merely abandoned?
How in the world should I know?
Because some don't want to admit the wife whined too much
B/C the poem is notoriously ambiguous
B/C some people don't want to admit the husband was mean!
