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1
Why does unferth despise Beowulf?
Beowulf tickles him
Beowulf taunts him
Beowulf threatened him
Beowulf spits on him
2
All of the following are kingly qualities admired by Anglo Saxons except
Intellectual achievement
Pagnaism
Legendary quotes
Epic songs
3
In the final battle with the dragon, who alone stood beside Beowulf and helped him kill the dragon?
Wulfgar
The warriors who swore to him
Hrothgar
Wiglaf
4
What tribes were most responsible for the English literature?
It came from Greek mythology
The Anglo Saxons
The oldest tribes
Its the oldest tale in english lit
5
Grendel is a blend of what?
Joy
Scandanavian Folklore
Mash potatoes
Christian Folklore
6
During Anglo Saxon times, how did kings gain wealth?
They destroyed other villages
They fought in fighting pits
They stole it
They earned it from work
7
What dichotomy do readers find in Beowulf?
Hope and Faith
Christianity and Paganism
War and Peace
Love and Hope
8
Beowulf regards the sword in Grendel's lair as what?
Immortality
The Ancient Sword
A form of divine help
Giants Sword
9
Why does the writer of Beowulf show the battle with neither of them armed?
He wants to defeat the monster
He wants to show how strong and brave he is
He wants to show the battle between good and evil
He has a ego
10
What tribe did the legend of King Arthur arise from?
The Angles
The Cleats
The gods
The Anglo Saxons
11
Druids existed during which tribe of people?
Ooga Booga's
The Geats
The Danes
The Celts
12
What tribes were most responsible for the English nation we know today?
Denmark
The Cleats
Christianity
The Angles, Saxons and Jutes
13
How was Grendel formed?
Underground
In space
He is the spawn from Cain
He has spawned from another realm
14
Beowulf prepared to fight Grendel's mother with a sword loaned to him by
The gods
Wulfgar
Hrothgar
His people
15
"the great sword eaten with the blood of battle, began to soften and waste away in iron icicles" comparing what?
The dissolving sword to melting ice
The matter of iron icicles
Blood to icicles
Ice to softness
16
England was easy to access by raiding parties, why?
England is an island
They did not have good warriors
They were weak
England is small
17
"The savage blade sang on her head its a hymn of hate." this statement compares what with what?
Visualizing what is happening
The sound of a sword hitting someone while singing
Hatred
Compares with a blade slicing through hate
18
He "unlocked his word hoard" meaning
Yelling
He spoke
Keeping all to self
Surrounding a person
19
Who built Stonehenge?
The Anglo Saxons
The Celts
The village's people
The kings
20
Beowulf comes to Herot from
Denmark
England
Far far away
Greek
21
What does Alliteration mean?
Finding ghosts
Illusions
Repeating words
Guessing what something means
22
Beowulf kills Grendel's mother with a
Sword made by the gods
Sword made by the giants
Hatchet
Spoon
23
What is Beowulf considered to be
A warrior
A hero
A king
An epic
24
Who wrote the first history of Britain?
Older
Beowulf's father
People
Julius Caesar
25
"Candle of heaven" is a metaphor for
The sun
The light
The land
Faith
26
What does the word "dichotomy" mean?
Divided into two
A long pathway
Earth soil
Rocky material
