Review of the Anglo-Saxons

Question 1

The scop could more easily remember the poems because

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it was set to music from a harp, the caesura and the alliteration created a rhythm

Question 2

Before leaving the evil underwater lair, he chops off Grendel's head.

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True

Question 3

T or F At one point Old Norse, spoken by the Vikings, rivaled Old English.

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True

Question 4

_____ ends Anglo-Saxon history.

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the Norman Conquest

Question 5

Wiglaf is also responsible for looking after the Geats' needs & for making certain

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he burns his body& places the ashes in a barrow by the coast

Question 6

"So _____ /Comes to the men who mean to win it/ And care about nothing else." (Statement of theme)

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fame

Question 7

Epics involve the fate of many people, possibly an entire nation.

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True

Question 8

An elegy is

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a poem that mourns a death or laments something lost

Question 9

As evident in Beowulf the passing down of swords, helmets, & shields an honored tradition.

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True

Question 10

A literary motif that indicates nostaglia...Common in Anglo-Saxon poetry....Asks the question "Where are they?"

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ubi sunt

Question 11

Grendel is a descendent of

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Cain, who killed his brother Abel

Question 12

Which of the following is an additional characteristic of an epic?

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all of these answers are correct.

Question 13

In addition to baths, roads, & Hadrian's Wall, the Romans also left ____ in the British Isles.

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place names such as Lancaster (caster=camp)

Question 14

The mighty water witch is a kenning for

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Grendel's mother

Question 15

Who were the first inhabitants of the British Isles?

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Iberians

Question 16

Grendel is an archetype of

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evil and the power of darkness

Question 17

Wiglaf tells the warriors to run for their lives when he sees how fierce the dragon is.

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False

Question 18

Ring-Giver and Gold giver are kennings for a

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king

Question 19

Epics begin ___________ and then move to a _______

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in medias res.....flashback

Question 20

Save us...and again twisted gold ...will reward you for the battle you win.

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Anglo-Saxon value of reward

Question 21

The Norman Invasions of 1066, led by William the Conqueror, brought to England feudalism &

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the French dialect/words

Question 22

Which of the following characters can be found in history?

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Hygelac

Question 23

Celtic stories are full of

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all of these answers are right

Question 24

The ______ in England around 1000 became the centers of learning.

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monasteries

Question 25

"Whale road" is a kenning for

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the sea

Question 26

Before dying, Beowulf rewards Wiglaf by giving him

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he gave him all of these possessions

Question 27

Because of its age&the language in which it is written (OE), Beowulf is England's national epic

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True

Question 28

Beowulf kills Grendel's mother with a giant sword that was in her underwater lair.

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True

Question 29

Directly speaking to someone absent or to something, as in "With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climbst the skies

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apostrophe

Question 30

The mound-keeper and hoard-guard are kennings for

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the fire dragon

Question 31

"The overseer of [all] men" is a kenning for

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Fate

Question 32

What military force launched one of the first invasions on Britain, driving west the Celts?

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The Romans

Question 33

To reach immortality, the early Anglo-Saxons

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tried hard to achieve fame.

Question 34

What was one reason for the creation of kennings

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all of the above

Question 35

In literary epics, the narrator will call on a _______ for ____________

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muse.....inspiration

Question 36

The Anglo-Saxons were a brutal people with no love for the decorative.

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False

Question 37

Our basic words such as hand, mother, father, love, forgive, green, red, the & and come from

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the Anglo-Saxons

Question 38

Beowulf is from _____; Hrothgar is from _____

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Sweden .....Denmark

Question 39

The words rumble, burst, gush, and flashed can be considered

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onomatopoeia

Question 40

Who/What ended the Anglo-Saxon history?

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The invasion by the French

Question 41

Because Beowulf is set in England, the British refer to it as their national epic.

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False

Question 42

the shepherd of evil and the guardian of crime are examples of

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kennings

Question 43

"In a man of worth, the claims of _____ cannot be denied." (a reference to Wiglaf before he helps Beowulf / theme)

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kinship

Question 44

The term for the loyalty the thanes pledged to their lord, promising to defend him even unto death.

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comitatus

Question 45

the scop (a bard or poet) was respected because he

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preserved tales of brave Anglo-Saxons and made them famous.

Question 46

In 449 the British Isles suffered invasions from

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the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes

Question 47

A gift from a Dane who did not believe that Beowulf was up for the challenge of killing Grendel

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Hrunting

Question 48

Animism is the

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belief that spirits existed everywhere (in trees, rocks.....

Question 49

More Celtic words survive in our language today than Anglo-Saxon

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False

Question 50

the mighty protector of men is

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Beowulf

Question 51

"so every man must yield the _______ of his days" (Statement of theme)

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leasehold

Question 52

America would not be what it is today without the legacy of ____________.

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Brit. common law with its emphasis on personal rights

Question 53

An epic is a long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger than life hero who...

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embodies the values of a particular society

Question 54

The Anglo-Saxon word for fate

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wyrd

Question 55

Archetype means

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a perfect example of

Question 56

Herot was built to withstand

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everything but fire

Question 57

_________ brought to the English language more abstract words such as martyr, disciple, litany

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Christianity

Question 58

Mead is

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an alcohol made from fermented honey

Question 59

Part of the epic tradition is the inclusion in the supernatural.

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True

Question 60

Alfred the Great should be remembered because

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all of this answers fit

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