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A #beowulf review of plot, literary devices, characters etc.
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1
What might the kenning "bone house" describe?
A viking war ship
a house full of dog treats
A body
Grendel's lair
2
Distance was safety is a(n)
Kenning
Good piece of advice
Aphorism
Caesura
3
Beowulf demands that during the battle with Grendel he will
Pray to the new Christian God for assistance
Pretend to be asleep and surprise the monster
Station men at strategic points around the hall to trap G
Use only his men and no weapons
4
Which of the following explains Edgetho's connection to Hrothgar
The wulfings killed Edgetho and Hrothgar buried his body.
Hrothgar paid a debt Edgetho incurred against the Wulfings.
Edgetho married the woman Hrothgar loved
Beowulf is Hrothgar's real son but Edgetho raised him
5
How many stages are there in the Hero's Journey?
12
2
10
6
6
A compound noun used as a metaphor
Kenning
Alliteration
Scop
Caesura
7
Century the poem was written down
11th
10th
7th
8th
8
What part of the mead hall is never touched or damaged by Grendel?
The benches
The throne
The great door
the fire
9
The mead hall
Higlac
Hrothgar
Herot
Hrunting
10
Who battles Beowulf in a swimming race?
Brecca
Unferth
Ecglaf
Higlac
11
An epic poem contains all of the following except
long speeches given at banquets
A larger than life hero
Myth, gods, goddesses
The hero's refusal to return to his ordinary world
12
How many Danes are killed in Grendel's first attack?
1
30
10
20
13
Beowulf, killer of Grendel
Kenning
Alliteration
Caesura
Epithet
14
To try to get rid of Grendel the Danes
Call on nearby Danish tribes for help
Build shrines to the new Christian God
Pray to their pagan gods
Sacrifice fellow Danes
15
Century the poem depicts
11th
6th
8th
10th
16
The religion of the Anglo-Saxons
Episcopalian
Animalism
Paganism
Catholicism
17
Unferth, Son of Ecglaf
Kenning
Epithet
Anagram
Aphorism
18
Who is Beowulf's uncle and feudal lord?
Edgetho
Higlac
Welthow
Hrothgar
19
Aside from his chain mail, what saves Beowulf from Grendel's mother killing him?
A supernatural element, like God
Nothing, he dies
Hrunting
Wiglaf helps him fight her
20
Grendel goes to get the Geats...
alliteration
kenning
epithet
caesura
21
Stage 9 in the Hero's Journey
Ordinary World
Approach the inmost cave
Return with the elixir
Reward/Seizing the sword
22
All of the following are an anachronism except
The Christian God in an Anglo-Saxon poem
Flying cars in 2018
Equal rights for African Americans in 1865
World War II in 1941
23
The ancestral sword given to Beowulf by Unferth
Higlac
Hrothgar
Hrunting
Herot
24
Century the poem was first recited
11th
7th
8th
10th
25
Beowulf is a
Norman from France
Viking from Norway
Dane from Denmark
Geat from Sweden
26
Heros Journey: When Wulfgar welcomes Beowulf to Hrothgar's mead hall
Crossing the Threshold
Meeting the Mentor
The Ordeal
Tests, Allies, Enemies
27
A witty statement about life
aphorism
anachronism
undestatement
kenning
28
Tests, Allies, Enemies
Stage 6
Stage 5
Stage 7
Stage 4
29
Stage 5 of the Hero's Journey
Crossing the threshold
Meeting the mentor
The ordeal
The road back
30
Valued in Anglo-Saxon society
Faith
Honor
Wealth
Loyalty
31
For how many years has the mead hall been closed by the time of Beowulf's arrival?
17 years
8 years
3 years
12 years
32
Which theme is NOT present in the poem?
fate
good vs evil
Loyalty
the tragedy of war
33
In the middle of things...
Veni Vidi Vici
Fiat Lux
In Medias Res
E Pluribus Unum
34
How do the Geats feel about Beowulf leaving to save the Danes?
The pray he returns safely
They try to persuade him not to go
They beg him not to go
The read omens and encourage him to go
35
Grendel's mother uses what weapon to try to kill Beowulf?
A giant's sword no man can lift
Her claws
Hrunting, Beowulf's sword
A blood stained dagger
36
About what topic is the scop singing in the mead hall in the beginning of the poem?
God's grace
The story of Cain and Abel
Creation of the world
The fall of lucifer from heaven
37
Anglo-Saxon word for fate
Beow
Onela
Wyrd
Animism
38
What is true for both Grendel and his mother?
They both are super ugly
They are both decapitated
They both live in the lake
They both lose arms
39
The tone of this poem and many Anglo-Saxon poems.
Reverent
Celebratory
Humorous
Elegiac
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Who is Edgetho's son?
Beowulf
Grendel
Unferth
Hrothgar
