Beowulf

Question 1

Beowulf's uncle and king of the Geats

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Higlac

Question 2

During the Anglo-Saxon period, the 4 Germanic Tribes made a confederation of 7 kingdoms

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heptarchy

Question 3

Shepherd of evil, guardian of crime, she-wolf

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Kennings

Question 4

Fights the dragon with Beowulf; honors his debt to Beowulf.

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Wiglaf

Question 5

In Beowulf's last speech he is concerned with which of the following?

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Legacy of Honor, Family (or lack of an heir), Treasure

Question 6

Feudalism is not

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socialism

Question 7

Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians are....

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4 Germanic Tribes that settled in England in 449 AD, Members of the heptarchy

Question 8

King of the Danes; accepts Beowulf's help because he helped Beowulf's father.

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Hrothgar

Question 9

Cloth is which dead bodies are wrapped.

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shroud

Question 10

Symbol of fate from Roman mythology; symbolizes that Beowulf's days are numbered.

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unwinding string

Question 11

Sacrifice to the old stone gods; heathen, non-Christian.

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Paganism

Question 12

"I bought the end of Edgetho's quarrel, sent ancient treasures...to the Wulfings."

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reparations

Question 13

Cringing in fear

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cowering

Question 14

Germanic tribe; Beowulf's father killed their warrior

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Wulfings

Question 15

Neither Beowulf nor his men are able to kill Grendel because G put a spell on their swords.

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True

Question 16

Twisting or turning in pain

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writhing

Question 17

Beowulf's sword.

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Hrunting

Question 18

The bottom of the feudal social ladder, the workers and the peasants are called...

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serfs

Question 19

Den of a wild animal; where Grendel and his mother lived.

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lair

Question 20

A journey to a sacred place

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pilgrimage

Question 21

Why isn't Grendel able to touch Hrothgar's throne?

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God protects it., It is magical.

Question 22

Mead Hall that Grendel terrorizes for twelve years.

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Herot

Question 23

Hell-forged hands, ring-marked blade.

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Stock Epithet

Question 24

An audible expression of grief; a wail

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lament

Question 25

Shackle or chain; restraint

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fetter

Question 26

On earth or under the spreading sky ...was there a warrior worthier to rule over men.

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hyperbole

Question 27

The war between the Yorks and the Lancasters over the British throne is called...

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War of the Roses

Question 28

"God must decide who will be given to death's cold grip."

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God's Plan

Question 29

It kept others from murdering Cain; Grendel and his mother both had it.

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mark of Cain

Question 30

"...grief for Hrothgar, King of the Danes, sorrow heaped at his door by hell-forged hands."

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tone

Question 31

Pulled tight

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Taut

Question 32

The name of organizations formed in Medieval time to control the flow & price of goods?

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guilds

Question 33

"But fate, that night intended Grendel to gnaw the broken bones of his last human supper."

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wyrd

Question 34

Marsh, bog, swamp

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Moors

Question 35

"The water was bloody, steaming, and boiling...hell opened up to receive him."

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imagery

Question 36

Bewulf's father; starts a war by killing a Wulfing warrior.

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Edgetho

Question 37

In the feudal system, if you were a Lord and lost your lands and title, you

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became a serf

Question 38

"His misery leaped the seas."

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Personification

Question 39

Beowulf is an epic because...

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It has a male hero of noble birth., The hero performs super human deeds., The plot is complicated by supernatural beings., Its setting is in more than one country.

Question 40

Hrothgar finds out his 30 warriors are dead "fearing...The beginning might not be the end."

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foreshadowing

Question 41

Wise, old warriors think Beowulf is dead. We know he is alive and has slain Grendel's mother.

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dramatic irony

Question 42

shadow of death; mankind's enemy; mighty protector of men; sin-stained demon.

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Kennings

Question 43

A cause of pain or distress

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affliction

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