12: Hero Unit Review

Beowulf is an________

• Play

• Novel

• Epic poem

The King of the Danes is named _________

• Herot

• Hrothgar

• Arthur

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Grendel’s ________ comes and kills Hrothgar’s best friend and takes Grendel’s arm

• Mother

• Daddy

• Sister

• Aunt

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

An epic hero is a person whose qualities represent those valuable to his or her _____________________. 

• culture or society
• family and friends
• enemies and foes
• character and morals

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

True or False:  Beowulf is the oldest known English epic poem.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is a trait of an epic hero?

• of noble birth
• traits reflect societal ideals
• performs deeds requiring great courage and strength
• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Poetic device of repeating consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

• An Epithet

• A Kenning

• A Ceasura

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Poetry of the Anglo-Saxon period was passed down through what means?

• Books
• Oral Tradition
• Scrolls
• Teachers

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The storyteller that Grendel hates for distorting the truth

• The Harpist/Shaper

• Hrothgar

• Unferth

• The Dragon

Who is the author of the Canterbury Tales?

• Shakespeare
• Ovid 
• Chaucer
• Homer

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

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