Beowulf Quiz 133 (20 MCQs)

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1. The great wero warrior of the Geats.
2. Wergild was also referred to as "Man Price" by the Anglo-Saxons
3. Describe the character of Beowulf.
4. Repayment, revenge
5. Beowulf was brought by emigrating Germanic tribes and was passed down
6. Why does Grendel's mother attack Herot in Beowulf?
7. What is the name of the mead hall that Grendel terrorizes?
8. "Up from his swampland, sliding silently" This line is an example of .....
9. Placement of two elements side by side so that the second identifies, clarifies, or elaborates on the first
10. Which character is "The King of the Danes" ?
11. A very old imaginative pattern that appears in literature across time and cultures.
12. Which of the following options best describes who the "kin of Cain" are in the text (page 5)?
13. What do you call a pile of wood or combustible material on which a corpse is burned as part of a funeral ceremony?
14. What did Beowulf hang in Heorot to remind the Danes about the battle he faced?
15. Beowulf is a myth
16. Climax
17. Why doesn't Beowulf want people to think he is a saint?
18. Help from a god/supernatural force taking interest in a hero's quest
19. When the narrator tells the reader that Beowulf's fight with the dragon will be his last, this is an exa mple of
20. Grendel's mother lived .....