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Ch. 1: The Old English Period Flashcards

1
Q

Who is illiterate?

A

Caedmon

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2
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How is Sparrow is a metaphor?

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metaphor for man’s life is short, brevity.

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3
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3 philosophical questions from Bede

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Origin
Meaning if life
Destiny.

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4
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What is the message of Caedmon’s Hymn?

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Talking about creation

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5
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The earliest surviving English poem

A

Caedmon’s Hymn

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6
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a long, stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national hero

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Epic

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7
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Types of Epics

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Folk and literary

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8
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concerned with teaching

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Didactic

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9
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Heroic virtues of Beowulf

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Fortitude, prudence, loyalty, and generosity

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10
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offspring of Cain, is there to rebuke the danes for their pride

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Grendel

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11
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starts and ends funeral of a king

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Circular structure

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12
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Theme of Beowulf

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the continuance of civilization requires virtuous heroes

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13
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How does Beowulf kill Grendel?

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by ripping his arm off

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14
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fate

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Wyrd

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15
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People in Beowulf had a ?

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pride issue

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16
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Answers to the 4 riddles

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a shield, resigned to it’s fate of getting beat up. a bookworm, a weather cock, iceberg . Water can be a blessing and a curse

17
Q

Riddles 1 and 3 are ?

A

monologues

18
Q

Written during reign of Alfred

Written about Edmund

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

19
Q

army

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Fyrd

20
Q

Who invented the term Dark Ages to describe the medieval period, and why?

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18th century rationalists. Catholic Church spreading

21
Q

The most accurate assessment of the idle ages is that the period was not a static era, but a time of ?

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Constant, dynamic change

22
Q

What did England receive from the Norman Conquest of 1066?

A

New nobility and strongly futile administration

23
Q

After the Norman Conquest of 1066, political change occurred how?

A

Gradually and from within

24
Q

Which language’s impact on Old English is most apparent in ordinary speech and in grammatical influence?

A

Scandinavian

25
Q

What became the language of the ruling class and business after the Norman invasion?

A

French

26
Q

What made Old English a written as well as spoken language?

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The intro of the Latin alphabet

27
Q

What became the language not only of the church but of scholarship and diplomacy?

A

Latin

28
Q

Transmission of Old English to ?

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West Saxon

29
Q

Alliteration, variation, and ? all commonly used in Old English poetry

A

Repetition

30
Q

Humor in Old English poetry evidenced itself in what 2 forms?

A

Irony and riddles

31
Q

a metaphoric compound of two words, such as whalepath for sea.

A

Kenning

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