anglo-saxon review for test

Question 1

a mock of a piece of literature

Answer 1

parody

Question 2

beowulf was burned on a funeral ____

Answer 2

pire

Question 3

sang at beowulf’s funeral

Answer 3

dirgd

Question 4

the seafarer is a ___ but also an _____

Answer 4

lyric

ellegy

Question 5

wakeful sleeper describes ___

FL-

Answer 5

beowulf

oxymoron

Question 6

end of anglo-saxon period

Answer 6

1066

Question 7

three lyrics we read

Answer 7

The seafarer
the Wanderer
The wife’s lament

Question 8

brevity of life

Answer 8

transitoriness

Question 9

consolation to transitoriness

Answer 9

seek for fame and glory

Question 10

the 7 deadly sins

Answer 10

lust
pride
envy
sloth-laziness
gluttony-over indulgence 
wrath-anger
greed

Question 11

“every rock, every tree, every crystal of snow cries out cold-blooded objectness.” from_____
FL- (5)

Answer 11

grendel
hyperbole, cacophony, personification,
alliteration
epithet

Question 12

another name for the anglo-saxon period

Answer 12

dark ages

Question 13

grendel descended from

Answer 13

Cain

Question 14

the allusion to Cain is

Answer 14

biblical

Question 15

Beowulf’s king/uncle

Answer 15

Hygelc

Question 16

author of Grendel

Answer 16

John Gardener

Question 17

figurative language when a person addresses an inanimate object

Answer 17

apostrophe

Question 18

pagan word for fate

Answer 18

wyrd

Question 19

the norman conquest brought

Answer 19

french words into the celtic language

Question 20

a pause in the middle or end of a line

Answer 20

caesura

Question 21

adjective that describes literary pieces from the anglo-saxon period

Answer 21

oral

Question 22

who is the warrior that helps beowulf

Answer 22

wiglaf

Question 23

what is the name of the mead hall

Answer 23

herot

Question 24

name of King alfred’s history book

Answer 24

the anglo-saxon chronicles

Question 25

who translated most of the anglo-saxon works

Answer 25

Burton Raffel

Question 26

latin came from the

Answer 26

roman monks

Question 27

who's burial began beowulf

Answer 27

shild's

Question 28

Scandinavian influences came from the

Answer 28

vikings

Question 29

The _____ book contained riddles and lyrics

Answer 29

Exeter

Question 30

swords that failed beowulf

Answer 30

Nagling- ancient sword against dragon | Hrunting- failed against grendel's mother, dissolved in blood. Unferth gave it to him.

Question 31

4 differences between Beowulf and the Seafarer 1. Beowulf is less ______. The Seafarer ends with _____ and tells how to get to Heaven 2. Beowulf is _____. The SF is more _____. 3. SF is critical of ______. In Beowulf, ______ are coupled with riches. 4. The SF tells us to live _____. Beowulf follows an _____ method. Vengeance and audacious

Answer 31

``` Christian. Amen old modern pagan burials burials humbly eye for an eye ```

Question 32

4 similarities between Beowulf and the Seafarer 1. Both have _______________. Style = ___ 2. both were written in the same _____ and have the same ____. 3. both have a theme of _____. 4. Both talk about the ____ as being important in their lives

Answer 32

``` kennings, caesuras, epithets, alliterative measures same time period. translator transitoriness sea ```

Question 33

classify beowulf as an epic

Answer 33

over 3,000 lines beowulf gives his resume to hrothgar- very long speech vast setting- denmark and sweden over the course of 50 years hero with superhuman strength of 30 men. 3 worthy adversaries grendel was worthy bc he ravaged for 12 winters

Question 34

3 pagan elements in Beowulf

Answer 34

stone gods pagan burials fate-wyrd vengeance and monsters

Question 35

3 Christian elements in Beowulf

Answer 35

creation story Cain reference beowulf thanks God for his victories

Question 36

what did you learn from your study of the anglo saxon period

Answer 36

that many languages are rolled into our language now from all the influences. Viking, germanic, french, and roman influenced the original celtic language

Question 37

beowulf is more of a ____ not real _____

Answer 37

legend | history

Question 38

who is actually in the history book for beowulf

Answer 38

Hrothgar Hygelac Herot was burned by Ingeld Hrothgar's children were murdered by his cousin

Question 39

ending with amen is from where

Answer 39

Seafarer

Question 40

water became bone is from where | FL-

Answer 40

iceberg riddle | metaphor

Question 41

she had killed a glorious soldier is from where who is she and soldier

Answer 41

beowulf grendel'smom aschere

Question 42

i roar with the wind is from where

Answer 42

anchor riddle

Question 43

surely I had not angered you Lord is from where

Answer 43

beowulf- hrothgar

Question 44

my soul roams with the sea is from where

Answer 44

the seafarer

Question 45

chilly fire is from where | fl-

Answer 45

grendel

Question 46

nothing golden shakes the wrath of God. is from where

Answer 46

the SF

Question 47

and out thoughts should turn to where our home is. is from where

Answer 47

The SF

Question 48

wound, around, bound, is what Fl

Answer 48

assonance

Question 49

mighty water witch is what Fl

Answer 49

kenning

Question 50

hammered by the giants is from where

Answer 50

beowulf

Question 51

Hear me! is from where | what does this show

Answer 51

oral tradition

Question 52

broken hinges rattle like swords. is from where

Answer 52

grendel

Question 53

it is good to find your grace in God. is from where

Answer 53

wanderer

Question 54

everything earthly is evily born.is from where | what Fl

Answer 54

wanderer hyperbole alliteration

Question 55

the world is my bone cave. is from where | what fl

Answer 55

grendel parody kenning

Question 56

they have seen their strength myselves. is from where

Answer 56

beowulf

Question 57

fate has opened a single port. is from where

Answer 57

wanderer

Question 58

that my beloved sits. is from where

Answer 58

the WL