Beowulf Quiz 185 (20 MCQs)

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1. (n) a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch
2. Breaking a mirror is a bad ..... of 7 years bad luck
3. Unable to make mistakes or be wrong is:
4. Clove
5. During the Dark Ages, a time of great social, political, and economic turmoil, what was the strongest surviving institution?
6. The opposite of enervate is:
7. Which element of an epic is most clearly illustrated in this excerpt?"Quickly, the dragon came at him, encouragedAs Beowulf fell back; its breath flared, And he suffered, wrapped around in swirlingFlames ..... a king, before, but nowA beaten warrior.
8. (noun) a claw
9. Mark put on criminals with a hot iron, mark of disgrace,
10. Define the italicized word: "how there came a dragon to confound his quiet."
11. Which characteristic does not describe Beowulf?
12. How does Beowulf hear of the Danes terror with Grendel?
13. Classify the structure of the following sentence:Jessica went to the park with her grandpa last week.
14. Who was the only remaining person in Herot who was still awake?
15. What is enjambment?
16. Where does the final battle with Grendel take place?
17. Who opposes Beowulf out of envy?
18. Anglo-Saxon fame:
19. What is one of the characteristics of an epic?
20. When Wiglaf says, "I remember how we sat in the mead-hall, drinking And boasting of how brave we'd be when Beowulf Needed us ..... " he scolding the Geats for not standing up for which Anglo-Saxon values?