Beowulf Quiz

What is a caesura?

• A short break in the middle of a line.

• A speech in the style of ancient Roman leaders.

• A line that breaks the rhyme pattern.

• A long pause between stanzas.

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In the epic poem Beowulf, what happens after Beowulf defeats Grendel?

• He is celebrated as a hero and goes home.

• A dragon appears and burns down Mead Hall.

• Grendel's mother comes to avenge him.

• Hrothgar slips in the pool of blood and cracks his skull.

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What is the defining feature of alliterative verse?

• Each line features many words that start with the same letter.

• It makes heavy use of literary allusions.

• It uses iambic pentameter.

• Every character is based on a real historical figure.

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How did J. R. R. Tolkien influence Beowulf scholarship?

• He was the first person to teach Beowulf at Oxford.

• Through his insistence that scholarship ought to focus on the historical aspects rather than the supernatural aspects.

• Through his insistence that the supernatural aspects not be separated from the historical aspects.

• He was the first person to translate Beowulf into Modern English.

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How does the epic poem Beowulf end?

• Beowulf stays in Denmark as Hrothgar's guest of honor.

• Grendel's father stalks Beowulf back to Geatland and kills him.

• A dragon attacks the Geats, and Beowulf dies a hero's death defeating him.

• Beowulf enjoys his old age as King of the Geats.

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