Beowulf Stations: Check for Understanding

Station 1

What is the definition of an epic poem?

• An archaic and historically significant poem

• An impressive and popular poem

• A long narrative poem

• A short unrhyming poem

What does the acronym EPIC represent regarding an epic hero?

• It stands for how amazing this poem is going to be

• It stands for characteristics of an archetypical epic hero

• It stands for the larger-than-life character of Beowulf

• It stands for the heroic Anglo-Saxons

Station 2:

What does the drastic change of names in England reveal about history?

• The nature of fads in baby names

• The nature of nomadic tribes like the Anglo-Saxons

• The nature of conquering lands and establishing dominance

• The nature of natural language change

Station 3:

The Anglo-Saxons were once ____ who believed in ____

• Christians / God and the bible

• Pagans / Many gods, lucky charms, and gems

• Agnostics/ Fate and the unknown

• Germans/ Law and order

Once Beowulf was finally written down, it was used to …

• Entertain readers and inform them about history

• Entertain readers and explain the Anglo-Saxons

• Entertain readers and spread Christian values

• Entertain readers and showcase Pagan beliefs

Station #4:

The author’s purpose in the “Fierce Female” article is to…

• Persuade the reader that females were more important to Anglo-Saxon society than males

• To inform the reader that females played an important role in Anglo-Saxon society

• To entertain the reader with fictional superhero stories about women

• To explain to the reader how to research Anglo-Saxon women

Station #5:

“The man-ruler famous, the long-worthy atheling, sat very woful,” is mostly an example of which Anglo-Saxon poetic device?

• Alliteration

• Caesura

• Kenning

• Old English

“Sat very woful, suffered great sorrow, sighed for his liegemen” is mostly an example of which Anglo-Saxon poetic device?

• Alliteration

• Caesura

• Kenning

• Old English

“Grendel struggled:—his grudges he cherished” is mostly an example of which Anglo-Saxon poetic device?

• Alliteration

• Caesura

• Kenning

• Old English

The main idea in the “Dragon Diversity” article is…

• English-centric stories are the root of all literature

• Dragons are real and in stories all over the world

• All cultures have important stories in their civilization timeline

• All cultures have stories, but English ones are the most important