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WorksheetsBeowulf
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
a)
epic
b)
elegy
c)
allegory
d)
kenning
2.
repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of each word
a)
allusion
b)
allegory
c)
assonance
d)
alliteration
3.
a dark murky place; to come into dock
a)
purge
b)
sinew
c)
moor
d)
lair
4.
the habitation of wild animals
a)
lair
b)
spawn
c)
moor
d)
sinew
5.
an evil supernatural being
a)
sinew
b)
fiend
c)
friend
d)
talon
6.
a cause of great suffering and distress
a)
affliction
b)
allegory
c)
loathsome
d)
reparation
7.
offspring
a)
moor
b)
purge
c)
spawn
d)
sinew
8.
something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
a)
infamous
b)
perambulate
c)
gorge
d)
reparation
9.
abhorrent and odious
a)
anathema
b)
craven
c)
exile
d)
spawn
10.
known widely and usually unfavorably
a)
infamous
b)
admonish
c)
affliction
d)
prosper
11.
pulled or drawn tight
a)
caesura
b)
callous
c)
taut
d)
mirth
12.
band of tissue connecting muscle to bone
a)
mead
b)
nebulous
c)
gambol
d)
sinew
13.
highly offensive; arousing disgust
a)
dubious
b)
loathsome
c)
reparation
d)
malicious
14.
metaphorical name for something
a)
antithesis
b)
allegory
c)
kenning
d)
context
15.
to loot or pirate items
a)
maraud
b)
pyre
c)
thane
d)
gorge
16.
to walk with no particular goal
a)
bellicose
b)
capitulate
c)
perambulate
d)
purge
17.
respected and revered
a)
venerable
b)
perambulate
c)
dismay
d)
purge
18.
an idea that is implied or suggested
a)
reparation
b)
connotation
c)
denotation
d)
foreboding
19.
a deep ravine, usually with a river running through it
a)
talon
b)
spawn
c)
gorge
d)
taut
20.
to eat greedily
a)
talon
b)
spawn
c)
gorge
d)
taut
21.
set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
a)
candor
b)
context
c)
caesura
d)
capitulate
22.
marked by secrecy and caution
a)
futile
b)
formidable
c)
falter
d)
furtive
23.
inspiring fear or dread
a)
futile
b)
formidable
c)
falter
d)
furtive
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