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Beowulf Review

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12th Grade

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Beowulf Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 10 pts

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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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 10 pts

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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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 10 pts

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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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 10 pts

“Swan-road” is an example of what?

Alliteration

Kenning

Rhythm

Caesura

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 10 pts

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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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 10 pts

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

Epic

Kenning

Essay

Limerick

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 mins • 10 pts

Epics began as oral poems retold over many generations.

True

False

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