Beowulf Station Stats

(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 unryhming poem

(Station 1) What does the acronym EPIC represent regarding an epic hero?

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

• It stands for characteristics of an archtypical 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 trends 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

(Station 3) Once Beowulf was 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

• Enteratain readers and showcase Pagan beliefs

(Station 4) The author's purpose in the "Fierce Females" article is to:

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

• To persuade the reader that females were much more important to Anglo Saxon society than males

• To entertain the reader with 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 woeful,” is mostly an example of which Anglo-Saxon poetic device?

• Alliteration

• Kenning

• Caesura

• Old English

(Station 5) “...sat very woful, suffered great sorrow, sighed for his liegemen” is mostly an example of which Anglo-Saxon poetic device?

• Alliteration

• Kenning

• Caesura

• Old English

(Station 5) “Grendel struggled: --------his grudges he cherished” is mostly an example of which Anglo-Saxon poetic device?

• Alliteration

• Kenning

• Caesura

• Old English

(Station 6) The main idea in the “Dragon Diversity” article is… 

• English-centric stories are the root of all literature

• Dragons are real and in all stories of the world

• All cultures have important stories in their civilization timeline

• All cultures have stories, but Anglo Saxon ones are the best