Beowulf's Last Battle csg

"I will fight again, seek fame still" is evidence of

• Beowulf's courageous deeds

• Beowulf's promises

• Wiglaf's courageous deeds

• Wiglafs promises

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CCSS.RL.8.4

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...is fearless and likes the glory of fame

• Beowulf

• Hrothgard

• Wiglaf

• dragon

Beowulf boasts about fighting Grendel bare hand.

• true

• false

Beowulf says that he has known fear when facing Grendel's mother.

• true

• false

The main event at the beginning of the battle between Beowulf and the dragon is

• the melting of his shield leaving him defenseless

• stabbing the dragon to death

• being scorched to death by the dragon

• using his magical sword

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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

Who is/are "urging it into battle"?

• the dragon's heart

• Beowulf's heart

• both Beowulf and the dragon

• neither Beowulf or the dragon

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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

Hoary is originally defined as

• a very young person

• gray with age

• a courageous person

• pure of heart

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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Wiglaf and his comrades promised in the past to

• find treasures for their king

• pay for their armors and swords

• repay their King Beowulf's generosity with loyalty

• remember Beowulf's deeds

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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

Wiglaf decides by the end of this section of the poem to

• stay and fight the dragon alongside Beowulf

• go back and find more warriors to defeat the dragon

• stay as the sole witness of Beowulf's fight

• run for his life when Beowulf was attacked

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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

The description of the heat and smoke about the dragon creates

• foreshadowing of Beowulf's death

• mystery and suspense

• tension and emphasis on the dragon's power

• a picture of the dragon's huge size

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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