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WorksheetsBeowulf Quiz #1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following sentences is the BEST example of caesura?
"/Those demons out, and their exile was bitter,..."
"/Knowing by its tracks that some demon had torn..."
"/His followers apart. He wept, fearing..."
"/No savage assault quench his lust..."
Alliteration is...
any lines of verse that create a rhythmic beat.
the repetition of consanant sounds at the beginning of words.
vowel sounds repeated within lines of verse.
letters that repeat themselves in verse.
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"/Grendel came again,..."
"/Broke their long feast with tears and laments..."
"/A brood forever apposing the Lord's/Will..."
"/He found them sprawled in sleep, suspecting/Nothing..."
Which of the following is a characteristic important to Anglo-Saxon culture?
Glory/fame
crafts/arts
religion/spirituality
education
"/So mankind's enemy continued his crimes,/Killing as often as he could, coming..." is a line from Beowulf about Grendel. "Mankind's enemy is an example of ____________ and continued, crimes, killing, could, and coming is an example of ____________.
a kenning, alliteration
a metaphor, assonance
a metaphor, alliteration
a kenning, consanance
Who is Beowulf?
A Geat and the epic hero of the story. The strongest and greatest in the world.
King of the Danes. He is being tormented by Grendel.
The epic hero who asks Hrothgar for help fighting Grendel.
The strongest and greatest in the world, yet he is too afraid to fight Grendel.
What/who is Grendel?
King of the Danes
King of the Geats
A wizard that torments the Geats
A powerful monster, born of Cain
What is Herot?
A powerful monster
A country
The Danes' mead hall
Hrothgar's sword
Why does Beowulf and 14 of his men travel to the Danish shore (Denmark)?
To look for a new place for their people to live
To see if Hrothgar and his strongest men could help the Geats with Grendel
To help Hrothgar and the Danes get rid of Grendel who had been tormenting them for years
To fight five giants
"...he'd go to that famous king,/Would sail across to Hrothgar,/Now when help was needed." This quote from Beowulf about Beowulf is an example of which characteristic?
fate
pride
honor
quests for good deed
