Beowulf Quiz 119 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the third and final monster that begins to attack Beowulf's kingdom
2. These stories and incantations were never written down but were preserved in
3. The beginnings of the English language started in the middle of the:
4. Most Anglo Saxons believed that fate controlled their destinies. What did they call it?
5. Which of the following is an NOT Anglo-Saxon belief?
6. Which term means point of view of an image, which may be close up, middle distance, or long distance?
7. DEFINE:Omen
8. Which character does the following quote refer to: "Even a queen outstanding in beauty must not overstep like that. A queen should weave peace, not punish the innocent with loss of life for imagined insults."
9. What is the meaning of "heedless" in the following context: "But noble Beowulf, heedless of gain, hastily brushed ..... "?
10. What did Hrothgar give Beowulf after he killed Grendel's mother?
11. A Geatish hero; the protagonist of the epic.
12. The hero ( ) his friend's death at the hands of the monster.
13. What are Hrothgar's men doing when Grendel arrives the first time?
14. The antagonists of Beowulf are Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon.
15. Son of Ecgtheow
16. A Germanic inhabitant of England between 400 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066.
17. What does Beowulf do when he realizes that he is going to lose to the dragon?
18. Who eventually fulfills the "resurrection" phase of the epic hero cycle in "Beowulf?"
19. At the beginning of Beowulf, the monster Grendel is described as a "descendant of Cain." This is an example of
20. What does the acronym EPIC represent regarding an epic hero?