Anglo-Saxon Test

Question 1

a pause or break within a line of poetry , usually indicated by the natural rhythm of the language; used beginning of English poetry

Answer 1

caesura

Question 2

repetition of consonant sound in words that are close to one another; *Old English is heavy in alliteration

Answer 2

alliteration

Question 3

a party used to express the whole, or vice versa

Answer 3

synecdoche

Question 4

special poetic renaming of things; *often two words for one

Answer 4

kennings

Question 5

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

Answer 5

metonymy

Question 6

Who is killed using a giant’s magical sword?

Answer 6

Grendel’s mother

Question 7

Who embodies the knowledge of the prince for physical and spiritual survival?

Answer 7

dragon

Question 8

Who shows loyalty even though he faces certain death?

Answer 8

Wiglaf

Question 9

Who is killed with Beowulf’s bare hands?

Answer 9

Grendel

Question 10

Who is the character responsible for mortally wounding Beowulf?

Answer 10

dragon

Question 11

Who is jealous of Beowulf’s fame?

Answer 11

Unferth

Question 12

The demonic creature weapons are against who?

Answer 12

Grendel

Question 13

Who attacks and kills 30 men?

Answer 13

Grendel

Question 14

Who goes seeking fame?

Answer 14

Beowulf

Question 15

Who is defeated in an underwater layer?

Answer 15

Grendel’s mother

Question 16

Name 2 types of dominate people during this period in British history

Answer 16

Celtic and Anglo-Saxons

Question 17

Where did King Arthur come from?

Answer 17

Welsh Chieftain who fought against Anglo-Saxons

Question 18

What book did the Seafarer wrote in?

Answer 18

Exeter Book

Question 19

What people were thought highly of because they promoted heroes?

Answer 19

Bards

Question 20

After the Romans left, two things that happened in Britain.

Answer 20

loss of central government and protection form invaders

Question 21

Beowulf’s tale of conquest are examples of the Pagan idea to seek _____.

Answer 21

fame

Question 22

The dragon represents what in Pagan and Christianity?

Answer 22

Pagan-destiny

Christianity-valley of the shadow of death

Question 23

List 2 characteristics of Anglo-Saxon literature?

Answer 23

male dominated and Dragon was a symbol of evil and death

Question 24

List 2 characteristics of Celtic literature?

Answer 24

often fantasy genre and fairies were a common character

Question 25

What are 2 things King Alfred is known for?

Answer 25

He unified England with Christianity and he rid the country of the Danes

Question 26

3 of the 5 major influences on English Language

Answer 26

Latin, Greek, and German

Question 27

Seafarer has 5 major topics, know 2.

Answer 27

Hopes and religious insights

Question 28

3 examples of the number 3 in Beowulf.

Answer 28

3 struggles against forces of evil
3 monsters in demonic shapes
3 sites of fear

Question 29

4 of the 8 parts of the epic hero cycle

Answer 29

the hero- the protagonist, who often 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 and/of Restitution

Question 30

warned or reprimanded firmly

Answer 30

admonished

Question 31

starved

Answer 31

ravenous

Question 32

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

Answer 32

elegy

Question 33

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

Answer 33

allegory