anglo saxon/ beowulf

Question 1

what was beowulf burned on top of

Answer 1

a funeral pyre

Question 2

the warriors drank what

Answer 2

mead

Question 3

what was the name of the great hall

Answer 3

herot

Question 4

who built herot

Answer 4

hrothgar

Question 5

grendel felt his ____ snap as beowulf ripped his arm out

Answer 5

sinews

Question 6

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

Answer 6

linden

Question 7

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

Answer 7

pardoy

Question 8

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

Answer 8

hyperbole

Question 9

what tribe is beowulf a part of

Answer 9

waegmudning

Question 10

who is king of the danish people

Answer 10

hrothgar

Question 11

grendel is a descendant of ___

Answer 11

cain

Question 12

compound metaphorical word structure and exapel

Answer 12

kenning

whales-way

Question 13

mournful song that is sung at beowulf’s funeral

Answer 13

dirge

Question 14

what part of th sword remained while beowulf was fighting grnedel

Answer 14

hilt

Question 15

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

Answer 15

audacious

Question 16

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

Answer 16

the wife’s lament

Question 17

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

Answer 17

mail
retinue
14

Question 18

bewoufl is an ____ poem written in ______

Answer 18

epic

old english

Question 19

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

Answer 19

hygelac

wiglaf

Question 20

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

Answer 20

unferth

hrunting

Question 21

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

Answer 21

the giants’ sword

Question 22

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

Answer 22

pagan
Christian
monk
8th

Question 23

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

Answer 23

transitoriness

fame and glory

Question 24

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

Answer 24

elegy

Question 25

grendel sees wings attached to beowulf, which is an ____

Answer 25

allusion

Question 26

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

Answer 26

1066 | norman conquest

Question 27

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

Answer 27

exeter book

Question 28

two history books from this period

Answer 28

bede's history of the english perople | king alfred

Question 29

a compound meatphorical adjective

Answer 29

epithet

Question 30

transalor of of beowulf

Answer 30

seamus heaney

Question 31

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

Answer 31

j .r. r. tolkien

Question 32

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

Answer 32

ingled

Question 33

hrothgar's favorite thane, was killed by______

Answer 33

ascheree | grendel's mother

Question 34

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

Answer 34

burton raffel

Question 35

"if you win, it's by mindless chance, make no mistake. accident" speaker you? work

Answer 35

grendel beowulf grendel- work

Question 36

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

Answer 36

personification | anchor riddle

Question 37

"my soul roams the sea" singificane? work?

Answer 37

he has a home with the sea | teh seafarer

Question 38

"chillly fire" | FL?

Answer 38

oxymoron

Question 39

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

Answer 39

wiglaf

Question 40

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

Answer 40

beowulf | kenning

Question 41

hear me! work? purpose of quote?

Answer 41

beowulf | shows the oral tradition

Question 42

his father's warriorss were wound round his heart and bound to their prince" fl?

Answer 42

assonance

Question 43

but God's dread-loom was woven with defeat for the monster | fl?

Answer 43

kenning | forwshadwonig

Question 44

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

Answer 44

the seafarer | turn the other cheek

Question 45

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

Answer 45

the seafarer | heaven

Question 46

"she had killed a glorious soldier, cut/ a noble life short" she? soldier?

Answer 46

grendel's mom | aschere

Question 47

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

Answer 47

grendel similie onomatopie

Question 48

"mama! i bawl" | I?

Answer 48

grendel

Question 49

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

Answer 49

``` grendel cacophony alliteration hyperbole personification epithet ```

Question 50

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

Answer 50

seafarer | criticla of pagan burials with gold

Question 51

"amen" | work?

Answer 51

the seafarere

Question 52

water became bone" work? fl?

Answer 52

iceberg riddle | metaphor

Question 53

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

Answer 53

the wanderer

Question 54

"that my belovd sits/ under a rocky cliff rimed with frost/ a lord dreary in spirit, drenched with water/ in a ruined halll" work?

Answer 54

the wife's lament

Question 55

"fate has opeend a single port, memory" | work

Answer 55

the wandeere

Question 56

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

Answer 56

beowulf | beowulf giving his resume to hrothegar in a soliloquy

Question 57

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

Answer 57

wnaderer wanderer hyperbole

Question 58

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

Answer 58

grendel | parody

Question 59

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

Answer 59

alcohol riddle

Question 60

3 forces that control beowulf's destiny

Answer 60

God, man himself, fate

Question 61

3 pagan elemtns in beowulf

Answer 61

the wroship of the stone gods pagan burials wyrd or fate

Question 62

3 Christian elements in beowulf

Answer 62

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

Question 63

classify beowulf as an epic (5)

Answer 63

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

Question 64

3 histroical elemtns from beowufl

Answer 64

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

Question 65

4 things about the history of the english langauge

Answer 65

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

Question 66

whose soul romas with the sea

Answer 66

seafarer

Question 67

why lyric ends with amen

Answer 67

seafarer

Question 68

which lyric has a narrator and a speaker

Answer 68

wanderer

Question 69

lyrics has a denotatvie and connotative meaning of the word home

Answer 69

seafarer

Question 70

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

Answer 70

the wife's lament

Question 71

a lord dreary in spirit, drench with water | which lyric?

Answer 71

the wife's lament

Question 72

what country is beowulf from

Answer 72

sweden

Question 73

what country is hrothgar from

Answer 73

denmark

Question 74

how does beowufl kill grednel's mom

Answer 74

chops off her head

Question 75

why is the dragon angry

Answer 75

thief stole goblet

Question 76

how many of hrothgar's men did grendel's mom kill

Answer 76

1

Question 77

hrothgar's wife

Answer 77

wealtheow

Question 78

another name for the anglo saxon period

Answer 78

dark ages

Question 79

who is the ring giver

Answer 79

the king

Question 80

4 diffferences from beowulf to the seafarer

Answer 80

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

Question 81

4 similiarties of beowulf and the seafarer

Answer 81

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