Anglo-Saxon

Question 1

A pause of break within a line of poetry, usually indicated by the natural rhythm of the language

Answer 1

Caesura

Question 2

Repetition of consonant sound in words that are close to one another

Answer 2

Alliteration

Question 3

A part used to express the whole, or vice versa.

Answer 3

Synecdoche

Question 4

Special poetic renaming of things

Answer 4

Kennings

Question 5

the naming of a person, or human characteristic by some object or attribute with which is closely associated.

Answer 5

Metonymy

Question 6

a poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost.

Answer 6

Elegy

Question 7

a story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts

Answer 7

Allegory

Question 8

Killed using a giant magical sword-

Answer 8

Grendel’s mother

Question 9

Embodies the knowledge of the price paid for physical and spiritual survival-

Answer 9

The dragon

Question 10

Shows loyalty even though he faces certain death

Answer 10

Wiglaf

Question 11

Is killed with beowulf’s bare hands

Answer 11

Grendel

Question 12

Is the character responsible for mortally wounding beowulf-

Answer 12

The dragon

Question 13

The demonic creature weapons are useless with

Answer 13

Grendel

Question 14

Who attacks and kills thirty men

Answer 14

Grendel

Question 15

Goes seeking fame

Answer 15

Beowulf

Question 16

Is defeated in an underwater lair

Answer 16

Grendel’s mother

Question 17

Two types of dominant people during this period in British history?

Answer 17

Celtics and Anglo Saxons

Question 18

Where king Arthur came from ?

Answer 18

Welsh Chieftain who fought anglo saxons

Question 19

Who his real name is?

Answer 19

Arthur

Question 20

What book the seafarer was published in?

Answer 20

Exeter book

Question 21

What people were thought highly of because they promotes heros?

Answer 21

Bards (scoups)

Question 22

After the Romans left two things that happened in Britain.

Answer 22

Loss of central government and protection from invaders.

Question 23

Beowulf’s tales of conquest are an example of the Pagan idea to seek ________.

Answer 23

Fame

Question 24

What the dragon represents both Pagan and Christian.

Answer 24

The dragon represents in Christian shadow of the valley of death Pagan represents destiny

Question 25

Two characteristic of anglo saxon literature..

Answer 25

Literature is male dominated, Written in the Olde English language

Question 26

Two characteristics of Celtics literature…

Answer 26

Fantasy genre, often stories of adventure

Question 27

What are 2 things King Alfred is known for?

Answer 27

Rid the country o Danes

Unified England with Christianity

Question 28

3 of the 5 major influences on english literature

Answer 28

Latin
Greek
German

Question 29

The seafarer has 5 major topics know two

Answer 29

Hopes

religious insights

Question 30

3 examples of the number 3 in Beowulf

Answer 30

The dragon attacks 3 times
There were 3 monsters in demonic shapes
3 sites of fear
3 struggles against evil

Question 31

Know 4 of the 8 parts of the epic hero cycle

Answer 31

The hero- protagonist, larger than life, possesses supernatural abilities
The quest- the hero is charged with at least one quest
the test- the hero is tested to prove he is worthy of his quest
resurrection/restitution