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_Beowulf_ Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

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.
something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
a)
infamous
b)
perambulate
c)
gorge
d)
reparation
8.
rid of impurities
a)
purge
b)
craven
c)
exile
d)
spawn
9.
known widely and usually unfavorably
a)
infamous
b)
admonish
c)
affliction
d)
prosper
10.

pulled or drawn tight

a)

caesura

b)

callous

c)

taut

d)

mirth

11.
band of tissue connecting muscle to bone
a)
mead
b)
nebulous
c)
gambol
d)
sinew
12.
highly offensive; arousing disgust
a)
dubious
b)
loathsome
c)
reparation
d)
malicious
13.
metaphorical name for something
a)
antithesis
b)
allegory
c)
kenning
d)
context
14.

sharp hooked claw on a bird of prey

a)

talon

b)

pyre

c)

thane

d)

gorge

15.
to walk with no particular goal
a)
bellicose
b)
capitulate
c)
perambulate
d)
purge
16.
make steady progress
a)
prosper
b)
perambulate
c)
dismay
d)
purge
17.

a deep ravine, usually with a river running through it

a)

talon

b)

spawn

c)

gorge

d)

taut

18.
an idea that is implied or suggested
a)
reparation
b)
connotation
c)
denotation
d)
foreboding
19.

to eat greedily

a)

talon

b)

spawn

c)

gorge

d)

taut

20.

set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation

a)

candor

b)

context

c)

caesura

d)

capitulate

21.
marked by secrecy and caution
a)
futile
b)
formidable
c)
falter
d)
furtive
22.
inspiring fear or dread
a)
futile
b)
formidable
c)
falter
d)
furtive