WorksheetsContest English Literature I (Unit 1)
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 3mins
What is the name of the rhetorical device illustrated by the phrase “Beowulf, Hygelac’s thane?
Kenning
Formulaic phrase
Near-synonym
What metrical pattern characterises the Anglo-Saxon epic?
Blank verse
Stress-rhyme metre
Alliteration-stress metre
Which of the following characters represents best the expected role of thanes in the system of comitatus?
Hrothgar
Wiglaf
Grendel's mother
In the structural analysis of Beowulf, which of the fights can be considered the kernel?
Beowulf vs the dragon
Beowulf vs Grendel
Beowulf vs Grendel's mother
What is Beowulf’s funeral like?
He is cremated on a funeral pyre
His corpse is laid on a ship
His retainers tear off his arms
Where does Beowulf’s second fight take place?
Into Heorot
In a funeral mound
In an underwater cave
Which of the following characteristics does NOT apply to Anglo-Saxon elegies?
Stoic resignation
Depiction of favourable nature
Comfort in Christian values
Which of the following statements describes best Caedmon’s miracle?
He managed to give voice to a stone cross
He learned to sing a hymn on God’s creation, even if he was illiterate
He wrote a hymn dedicated to God and became an official translator
