Beowulf Vocabulary

Beowulf Vocabulary

12th Grade

25 Qs

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Beowulf Vocabulary

Beowulf Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.8.4, RL.11-12.9, L.4.5

+17

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

body of men who serve the king

ceasuras

wyrd

comitatus

scop

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

feasting hall

mail

scop

liege

mead hall

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a storyteller

muse

kenning

wyrd

scop

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A descriptive phrase or compound word that substitutes for a noun.

An Epithet

A Kenning

A Ceasura

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Because heroes are incredibly strong and courageous, they often seem ____________________ to the readers. 

like great warriors

afraid

god-like

super-human

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Beowulf swam down to Grendel's _______________ to battle with Grendel's mother.

lair

loathsome

purge

talon

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When Beowulf hung Grendel's arm from the rafters, the warriors knew that Grendel's shoulder must be ____________________.

livid

affliction

gorge

lair

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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