Beowulf Unit Test

Question 0

What is Beowulf in regards to literature

Answer 0

First masterpiece of English literature

Question 1

What are things the Beowulf poet knew about?

Answer 1

The knowledge of the customs, traditions, and values of Anglo-Saxon society
About the Hebrew Scriptures
Latin literature

Question 2

What does the story of Beowulf tell about

Answer 2

Two phases in Beowulf’s life,

His youth and his last days

Question 3

Did the poet of Christianity make any explicit references to the New Testament

Answer 3

No

Question 4

What is the Grettis Saga and how is Beowulf similar

Answer 4

Grettis Saga is Icelandic folklore
Both heroes kill monster by ripping off his claw
Both heroes swim to underwater cave to fight a monster
Both heroes friends think the hero is killed when the water turns red with blood

Question 5

What is the evidence of Christianity in Beowulf

Answer 5

Beowulf thanks The Lord of All
He has 12 followers - paralleling that of Jesus and his 12 disciples
Grendel is the descendent of Cain

Question 6

How many monsters does Beowulf fight

Answer 6

3

Question 7

How long is Beowulf king for?

Answer 7

50 years

Question 8

Who is the Denmark king?

Answer 8

Hrothgar

Question 9

What is Heorot

Answer 9

The mead hall that Hrothgar built

Question 10

Who is the Sweden king

Answer 10

Hygelac

Question 11

What are the poetic elements of Beowulf

Answer 11

4 stresses per line
Kenning
Alliteration

Question 12

How is the epic poem Beowulf structured

Answer 12

Fight
Celebration
Fight
Celebration etc

Question 13

Who is Hrothgar’s queen

Answer 13

Wealtheow

Question 14

Who is Hrothgar’s daughter and what happens to her

Answer 14

Freawaru

She is married off to the enemy to help heal old wounds and stop feud

Question 15

What does Beowulf take upon leaving the underwater cave

Answer 15

Hilt of the sword hrunting

Grendel’s head

Question 16

Who is hygelac’s queen

Answer 16

Hygd

Question 17

What role do women have in Beowulf

Answer 17

The kind hostesses

Pawns for marriage to bring peace

Question 18

What is Beowulf

Answer 18

Oldest English epic

Question 19

How does Beowulf represent Anglo Saxon society

Answer 19

Fighting fair fight
Tremendous strength and courage
Kinship
Genealogy

Question 20

Who was the first king in the story

Answer 20

Scyld

Question 21

What happens to Beowulf when he dies

Answer 21

Burned on pyre
Surrounded with treasures
Buried with treasure

Question 22

Another word for revenge

Answer 22

Wergild

Question 23

What is the mood of Beowulf

Answer 23

Somber and dignified
Starts and ends with a funeral
- often laments the dead

Question 24

What is ironic about Beowulf and Grendel

Answer 24

Beowulf has the strength of 30 men and Grendel snatched 30 men

Question 25

What are some conveniences in Beowulf

Answer 25

The fact that a giant sword was available when Beowulf was fighting grendels mother Beowulf's strength

Question 26

What is known as the best sword of all

Answer 26

Dazzle-The-Duel

Question 27

Who is Unferth

Answer 27

Man who killed own kin Gives Beowulf the sword Hrunting