Beowulf Review Quiz 2023

Who is Hrothgar?

• Danish thane who taunts Beowulf; later offers a sword

• King of the Geats who sends his men to help the Danes

• King of the Danes; builder of famous mead-hall

• Sea nymph-like monster, seeks vengeance on Danes

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Who is Beowulf?

• A heroic warrior who later becomes King of the Geats

• Only thane who stays with hero during the dragon battle

• Important Danish official; killed by Grendel’s mother

• Arrives from sea as a child. Founds royal Danish line

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Who is Grendel?

• A monster who bears the curse of the descendants of Cain

• Grand mead-hall named for stag to symbolize kinship

• Only thane who stays with hero during the dragon battle

• Danish thane who taunts Beowulf; later offers a sword

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“Swan-road” is an example of what?

• Alliteration

• Kenning

• Rhythm

• Caesura

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Which of the following does NOT contain alliteration?

• from a friendless foundling, a feeble

• whereby God punished the grievous guilt

• to the shore of ocean; a ring-prowed boat

• of his blood was begotten an evil brood

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In the sentence “but the bold one found that the battle-flasher would bite no longer, nor harm her life,” battle-flasher is a kenning for _____.

• sword

• chain mail

• Grendel

• horse

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Which of the following words means "something that causes suffering or pain"?

• affliction

• plight

• baleful

• wail

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Which of the following words means "harmful or malignant in intent or effect"?

• affliction

• plight

• baleful

• wail

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Complete this sentence with one of the following words: He was _________ at the number of casualties that occurred.

• aghast

• unrelenting

• lothesome

• wail

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Complete this sentence with one of the following words: The dogs outside began to ________ in unison at the full moon.

• aghast

• unrelenting

• lothesome

• wail

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