Brit Lit Final Exam 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

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

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

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

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 (a)   .

• sword
• chain mail
• Grendel
• horse

Beowulf is an ____ because it is a long, narrative poem about a hero.

• Epic

• Kenning

• Essay

• Limerick

Epics began as oral poems retold over many generations.

• True

• False

Beowulf was memorized and shared aloud to an audience.

• True

• False

Beowulf is the oldest piece of English literature.

• True

• False

Who is King Claudius?

• Hamlet's uncle

• The Lord Chamerlain- counsel to the king

• Hamlet's father

• Laertes's father