Beowulf test exam

Question 1

celts

Answer 1

Brythons and Gaels

Question 2

feudalism

Answer 2

the Norman French established this way of life in England

Question 3

druids

Answer 3

a class of priests who settled Celtic disputes

Question 4

Romans conquered Britain

Answer 4

in 55 B.C and 100 years later

Question 5

Brythons and Gaels

Answer 5

invaded the British Isles, between 800 and 600 B.C

Question 6

Canterbury monastery

Answer 6

was set up in Kent by ST Augustine

Question 7

Anglo- Saxons

Answer 7

were from what is now Germany

Question 8

Romans

Answer 8

introduced Christianity to England by the fourth century

Question 9

St. Augustine

Answer 9

converted rulers to Christianity, helping to unify the English

Question 10

Led the Danish invasion

Answer 10

Norse of Norway and Danes of Demark, in 9th Century A.D

Question 11

King Alfred’s death

Answer 11

led to the end of the Anglo- Saxon period of history,1066 A.D

Question 12

Normans

Answer 12

North men and William conquer England in 1066

Question 13

the dragon

Answer 13

bursts forth from his lair to hunt a thief

Question 14

Hrothgar

Answer 14

king of the Danes whose kingdom is terrorized by Grendel

Question 15

Beowulf

Answer 15

the epic hero who fights the monster Grendel

Question 16

Grendel

Answer 16

kills Hrothgar’s people, wherever he could find them

Question 17

Grendel’s Mother

Answer 17

the nameless monster who comes for revenge after her son’s death

Question 18

Hygelac

Answer 18

king of Geats and Beowulf’s uncle

Question 19

danish watcher

Answer 19

guides Beowulf to Herot and have his men guard Beowulf’s ship

Question 20

wiglac

Answer 20

only one who helps Beowulf when he fights the dragon

Question 21

unferth

Answer 21

challenges Beowulf because of his boast

Question 22

Golden cup

Answer 22

The dragon treasure is token form his lair.

Question 23

14

Answer 23

Hrothgar sent 14 men

Question 24

34

Answer 24

numbering of men Grendel killed that night

Question 25

Hrunting

Answer 25

Beowulf’s sword, loaned to him by conflicts

Question 26

12 winters

Answer 26

many years Hrothgar was tortured by Grendel

Question 27

Cain

Answer 27

Grendel is a descendent of Cain

Question 28

mead hall

Answer 28

mead was an acholic drink made of honey and green made hall is where they meet up

Question 29

good vs evil

Answer 29

universal conflict, this is what Grendel and Beowulf had

Question 30

trophy on the wall

Answer 30

grendel arm

Question 31

a boast

Answer 31

Beowulf is not bragging but is honoring qualifications

Question 32

what two literary devices are associated with Old English literature?

Answer 32

epic- alliteration “to feast his fill of the flesh of men”
kenning - night candle (battle-sweat’ for blood)

Question 33

what are two kinds of epics?

Answer 33

folk- Beowulf; Gilgamesh
- literacy -Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.

Question 34

why does Beowulf reflect both pagan and Christian worldviews

Answer 34

Beowulf reflects both because they both give good vs evil beliefs center of creation Beowulf both pagan and Christian.

Question 35

what does Grendel resent about hrothgar and his men ?

Answer 35

The pleasure that Hrothgar and his men experience compared with his own dark, painful existence makes him resent Hrothgar and his men.

Question 36

how does Beowulf fights Grendel ? why?

Answer 36

Beowulf fight Grendel with no armor or weapons. his sword had no power over Grendel because Beowulf wanted a fair fight

Question 37

how does beowulf kill Grendel? mother?

Answer 37

by taking his arm off , he killed Grendel mother by cutting his hand off

Question 38

Where is Beowulf buried? What does it reflect about his culture?

Answer 38

on a cliff high above the sea in a barrow, Beowulf’s funeral reflects Anglo-Saxon, or early medieval English, culture in that it features a large funeral pyre, wailing songs, and burial in a barrow (large grave) on a highly visible hill.