Beowulf 1 Quiz 23-24

In the opening lines of Beowulf, how is the sea described?

• as Poseidon's Hall

• as whale-roads

• as fluid salt

• as water caverns

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What Danish king is named in the beginning lines of Beowulf ?

• Beowulf

• Shield Sheafson

• Gilgamesh

• Hrothgar

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In the opening lines of Beowulf, how is Shield Sheafson described?

• a powerful demon

• the glorious Almighty

• a wrecker of mead-benches

• a battlescarred Swede

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How would you describe Shield Sheafson's funeral?

• Shield's body was burned on a funeral pyre

• Shield's body was set off to sea with his gold and battle gear

• Shield's body was buried on sacred ground

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Which king decides to build a great meadhall?

• Shield Sheafson

• Beow

• Hrothgar

• Heorot

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Heorot or Herot (Old English 'hart, stag') is...

• an old-style motel

• a gladiator-style battle arena

• a mead-hall for food and drinks

• a boat used for battle

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What was the monster's name?

• Hrothgar

• Geat

• Beowulf

• Grendel

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Grendel is a descendant of...?

• Cain

• Abel

• Hrothgar

• Shield Sheafson

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two word poetic renaming

• alliteration

• scop

• kenning

• quest

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Which of these is NOT a kenning?

• thromeroom

• harrowed

• meadhall

• ringgiver

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