#009: Quiz 2 (Beowulf Pre-Reading Qs)

What does "wyrd" mean? 

• Weird
• Strange 
• Fate 
• Another name for a person 

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What is a caesura?

• A break or pause in the middle of a line in Epic poetry

• when several words start with the same letter

• another name of a person

• a medical condition when someone passes out

What does oral tradition mean? 

• When stories are passed down by word of mouth for generations
• When the stories are published for all to see on stone tablets 
• When the king holds council 
• The practice of spitting into another's mouth to show friendship. 

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What is the word for when several words in the same line start with the same letter sound? 

• Illustration 
• Alliteration 
• Allusion 
• Illusion 

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Which of the following is an example of alliteration? 

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore. 
• My husband doesn't like to go fishing. 
• My English teacher loves me very much.  
• She was as lovely as a dead fish. 

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What is a kenning?

• a place where dogs are kept

• when several words start with the same letter

• When a king can do whatever he wants

• A short descriptive/metaphorical phrase used in place of a name, person, place or thing indirectly

Which of the following is an example of a kenning? 

• When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie. 
• Cool Pants! 
• Son of Cain 
• Howard's cowardice 

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What language was Beowulf written in? 

• French 
• Latin
• Middle English 
• Old English 

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an epic hero? 

• Courage 
• Noble Birth 
• Strength 
• Bad morals  

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The religion of the Anglo Saxons was ___, but they converted to ___. 

• Christian to Pagan 
• Pagan/polytheistic, Christian 
• Buddhism to Christian 
• Christian to polytheism 

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