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1
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what was beowulf burned on top of

A

a funeral pyre

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2
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the warriors drank what

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mead

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3
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what was the name of the great hall

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herot

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4
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who built herot

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hrothgar

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5
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grendel felt his ____ snap as beowulf ripped his arm out

A

sinews

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6
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what type of shield did beowulf have that was useless against the dragon

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linden

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7
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the excerpt from Grendel contains a ____ which mocks “the lord is my shepherd”

A

pardoy

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8
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beowulf has the strength of thrity men” is an example of

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hyperbole

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9
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what tribe is beowulf a part of

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waegmudning

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10
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who is king of the danish people

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hrothgar

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11
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grendel is a descendant of ___

A

cain

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12
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compound metaphorical word structure and exapel

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kenning

whales-way

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13
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mournful song that is sung at beowulf’s funeral

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dirge

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14
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what part of th sword remained while beowulf was fighting grnedel

A

hilt

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15
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___ is a word whose connation differs today from its connotation in beowulf’s time

A

audacious

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16
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lyric poem that was written from a very differnt and unexpected perspective

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the wife’s lament

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17
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bwoeulf wore ___ armor and had a ____ of ___ men who traveled with him to seek fame

A

mail
retinue
14

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18
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bewoufl is an ____ poem written in ______

A

epic

old english

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19
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beowulf’s king____ precded him on the throne and ____ a brave warrior, succeedded him

A

hygelac

wiglaf

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20
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____ a warrior who at first mocked beowufl, later let him a sword ______ which he took with him to fight grendel’s mother

A

unferth

hrunting

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21
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after hrunting fails him against grendel’s mother, what does beowulf use

A

the giants’ sword

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22
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the fusion ____ and ____ ideals probably stems from the fact that the first person who recorded _____ was a __—- who wrote it down in the ________ centruty

A

pagan
Christian
monk
8th

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23
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one theme deals ____ a belief that life is brief and that the consolation of death is _____ and ____

A

transitoriness

fame and glory

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24
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the seafarer is conidered to be an ____ because it laments death in genreal

A

elegy

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25
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grendel sees wings attached to beowulf, which is an ____

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allusion

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26
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french words were introduced into the old english language in ______ after the evetn that brought this time period to an end, which was ______

A

1066

norman conquest

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27
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the literature book that contains the lyrics from this tim period is the ____

A

exeter book

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28
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two history books from this period

A

bede’s history of the english perople

king alfred

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29
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a compound meatphorical adjective

A

epithet

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30
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transalor of of beowulf

A

seamus heaney

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31
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famous writer of a famous trilogy who has stuided beowulf and become a critic of it

A

j .r. r. tolkien

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32
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hortgar’s hall was destoryed in a fued with _____ his son in law

A

ingled

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33
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hrothgar’s favorite thane, was killed by______

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ascheree

grendel’s mother

34
Q

the translator of most of the anglo saxon works in our book

A

burton raffel

35
Q

“if you win, it’s by mindless chance, make no mistake. accident”
speaker
you?
work

A

grendel
beowulf
grendel- work

36
Q

” i war with the wind, with the waves i wrestle”
FL?
work?

A

personification

anchor riddle

37
Q

“my soul roams the sea”
singificane?
work?

A

he has a home with the sea

teh seafarer

38
Q

“chillly fire”

FL?

A

oxymoron

39
Q

“and only one of them/remianed, stood there, miserable, remembering/ as a good man must, what kinship should mean”

man?

A

wiglaf

40
Q

then he saw the mighty water-wtich”
he?
fl?

A

beowulf

kenning

41
Q

hear me!
work?
purpose of quote?

A

beowulf

shows the oral tradition

42
Q

his father’s warriorss were wound round his heart and bound to their prince”
fl?

A

assonance

43
Q

but God’s dread-loom was woven with defeat for the monster

fl?

A

kenning

forwshadwonig

44
Q

he who lives humbly has angles from heaven/ to carry him courage and strength”
work?
philospy?

A

the seafarer

turn the other cheek

45
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“and our thoughts should turn to where our home is/ consider the ways of coming there”
work?
home?

A

the seafarer

heaven

46
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“she had killed a glorious soldier, cut/ a noble life short”
she?
soldier?

A

grendel’s mom

aschere

47
Q

the broken hinges rattle like swords”
work?
fl(2)?

A

grendel
similie
onomatopie

48
Q

“mama! i bawl”

I?

A

grendel

49
Q

every crystal of snow cries out cold-bloodied objectness”
work?
fl(4)

A 
grendel
cacophony
alliteration
hyperbole
personification
epithet
50
Q

“but nothing golden shakes the wrath of God/ for a soul overflowing with sin”
work?
meaning?

A

seafarer

criticla of pagan burials with gold

51
Q

“amen”

work?

A

the seafarere

52
Q

water became bone”
work?
fl?

A

iceberg riddle

metaphor

53
Q

it is good to find your grace/ in God, the heavenly rock where rests our every hope”
work?

A

the wanderer

54
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“that my belovd sits/ under a rocky cliff rimed with frost/ a lord dreary in spirit, drenched with water/ in a ruined halll”

work?

A

the wife’s lament

55
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“fate has opeend a single port, memory”

work

A

the wandeere

56
Q

they have seen my srength for themselves,/ have watched me rise from the darkness of war, dripping with my enemies blood”
work?
significange?

A

beowulf

beowulf giving his resume to hrothegar in a soliloquy

57
Q

everything earthly is evily born…and all this earth rolls into emptiness”
work?
point of view?
fl?

A

wnaderer
wanderer
hyperbole

58
Q

the world is my bone cave, is shall not want”
work?
fl?

A

grendel

parody

59
Q

for i push them to error.. yet they praise me more for each seduction “
work?

A

alcohol riddle

60
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3 forces that control beowulf’s destiny

A

God, man himself, fate

61
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3 pagan elemtns in beowulf

A

the wroship of the stone gods
pagan burials
wyrd or fate

62
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3 Christian elements in beowulf

A

thanks God for his victories
statmenet about the creation story
grendel is a descendent of Cain

63
Q

classify beowulf as an epic (5)

A 
long- has over 3000 lines
speeches- resume to hrothgar
vast time and setting- 50 years, denmark and sweden
heroic - 30 men strength
worhty adversaries
64
Q

3 histroical elemtns from beowufl

A

ingeld burned herot
king of geats was hygelac
hrothgar’s sons were killed by hrothulf

65
Q

4 things about the history of the english langauge

A

norman conquest brought french into the english
viking brough the scandanavian influence
germanic tribes dubbed “angleish”
roman monks brought latin into english

66
Q

whose soul romas with the sea

A

seafarer

67
Q

why lyric ends with amen

A

seafarer

68
Q

which lyric has a narrator and a speaker

A

wanderer

69
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lyrics has a denotatvie and connotative meaning of the word home

A

seafarer

70
Q

whihc lyric has a tone which progresses from despairing to very bitter

A

the wife’s lament

71
Q

a lord dreary in spirit, drench with water

which lyric?

A

the wife’s lament

72
Q

what country is beowulf from

A

sweden

73
Q

what country is hrothgar from

A

denmark

74
Q

how does beowufl kill grednel’s mom

A

chops off her head

75
Q

why is the dragon angry

A

thief stole goblet

76
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how many of hrothgar’s men did grendel’s mom kill

A

1

77
Q

hrothgar’s wife

A

wealtheow

78
Q

another name for the anglo saxon period

A

dark ages

79
Q

who is the ring giver

A

the king

80
Q

4 diffferences from beowulf to the seafarer

A

beowulf is less Christian
“ is older
the seafarer tells us to live humbly. while beowulf is more audacious
the seafarer is critical of pagan burials

81
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4 similiarties of beowulf and the seafarer

A

both have the same style
theme of transitoriness
same translator- same time period
they both have a love fro the sea

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