Beowulf Context Quiz
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English
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11th - 12th Grade
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Medium
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William Barbour
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Beowulf was originally written in...
French
Gaelic
Olde English
Shakespearean English
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Beowulf was written by...
William Shakespeare
J K Rowling
Unknown
John Milton
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The setting of Beowulf is...
Scandinavia (Denmark, Sweden)
London, England
Eternia, the He-Man universe
Olde England
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A pause in anglo-saxon poetry, used for dramatic purpose, is called...
A caesura
A tenor
A kennings
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The monster who is terrorizing the Danes, whom Beowulf fights, is named...
Skeletor
Kobra Khan
Grendel
Hordak
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Bards, or traveling storytellers of the time were called...
scops
liches
gwildors
kargs
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Characteristics of an epic hero include...
a noble birth or high position in society
a legendary importance
performing actions that often determine the fate of nation
deeds that reflect values of era
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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