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Beowulf Quiz pt.1

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  1. What is the definition of an epic poem?

a)
  1. An archaic and historically significant poem 

b)
  1. An impressive and popular poem 

c)
  1. A long narrative poem 

d)
  1. A short unrhyming poem

2.
Compound metaphor (usually two words) is known as a 
a)
Simile
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Kennings
d)
figurative language
3.

How many winters did Grendel terrorize Herot?

a)

150 years

b)

6 years

c)

30 years

d)

12 winters/years

4.

Who was the King of the Danes?

a)

Grendel

b)

Beowulf

c)

Wiglaf

d)

Hrothgar

5.

What was the name of the Mead Hall?

a)

Herot

b)

Bungalow

c)

Mead Hall

d)

House of the Danes

6.

What was the name of the monster who was terrorizing Hrothgar's mead hall?

a)

The demigorgan

b)

Big Bad Wolf

c)

Grendel

d)

Gretchen

7.

Grendel is a demon descended from ____________.

a)

Cain

b)

Abel

c)

Bocephus

8.
Poetry of the Anglo-Saxon period was passed down through what means?
a)
Books
b)
Oral Tradition
c)
Scrolls
d)
Teachers
9.

Beowulf is an example of a(n)

a)

Epic Poem

b)

Ballad

c)

Novella

d)

Cinquain

10.

What kind of Language is used ?

a)

Middle English

b)

French

c)

Street slang

d)

Old English

11.

a storyteller

a)

muse

b)

kenning

c)

wyrd

d)

scop

12.

Grendel is said to have

been “conceived by a pair of those monsters / born of….”

a)

God

b)

Satan

c)

Cain

d)

Abel