Review of Unit One: Self-Sacrifice

Question 1

What is ethos?

Accepted Answer

both ethics and credibility

Question 2

Which of the following statements best describes Wiglaf?

Accepted Answer

He delivers a moving speech about the virtues of bravery .

Question 3

What makes Beowulf an archetypal epic hero?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

What is pathos?

Accepted Answer

appeal to emotions

Question 5

"Blood, Sweat, and Tears" was delivered prior to what war?

Accepted Answer

WWII

Question 6

Which of the following refers to the speaker's rationale for delivering the speech?

Accepted Answer

Purpose

Question 7

Which of the following supports the idea that Beowulf is an archetypal Anglo Saxon hero?

Accepted Answer

he embodies Anglo Saxon ideals

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the tone of Churchill's speech?

Accepted Answer

impassioned

Question 9

What does this line from Beowulf mean?

Accepted Answer

Grendel is intelligent.

Question 10

Which of the following determines the rhetorical appeals the speaker will emphasize?

Accepted Answer

Audience

Question 11

What is the best explanation for why Beowulf kills Grendel?

Accepted Answer

save Hrothgar and the Danes from the monster

Question 12

Which of the following Biblical stories is alluded to in the poem Beowulf?

Accepted Answer

Cain and Abel

Question 13

Which of the following qualities did the Anglo Saxons admire?

Accepted Answer

loyalty

Question 14

What is logos?

Accepted Answer

both yellow and blue

Question 15

Which of the following refers to the lesson the speaker wants the audience to remember?

Accepted Answer

Message

Question 16

How could Anglo Saxons gain immortality?

Accepted Answer

through heroic deeds recorded in verse

Question 17

Which of the following best describes the tone of MacArthur's speech?

Accepted Answer

inspirational

Question 18

What does Herot symbolize for Hrothgar when he first builds it?

Accepted Answer

prosperity and victory

Question 19

What is the central idea of Churchill's speech?

Accepted Answer

if Britain loses, it won't survive as a free nation.

Question 20

Which of the following best describes the tone of JFK's address?

Accepted Answer

optimistic

Question 21

What is implied in his saying there is "nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat?

Accepted Answer

Britain must make up with effort what it lacks in industry

Question 22

Why did Beowulf come to Herot?

Accepted Answer

save Hrothgar and his people

Question 23

Why did Beowulf fight Grendel barehanded?

Accepted Answer

to uphold Anglo Saxon values

Question 24

Why did Anglo Saxon poets hold an honored position in society?

Accepted Answer

They preserved heroic deeds in the collective memory.

Question 25

General Douglas MacArthur's words are most similar to the words of which man?

Accepted Answer

Wiglaf

Question 26

What human characteristics does Grendel show in the poem?

Accepted Answer

both loneliness and jealously

Review of Unit One: Self-Sacrifice

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Review of Unit One: Self-Sacrifice

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