Beowulf Quiz 113 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the significance of the sea in Beowulf?
2. When the she-wolf dies, a brilliant light shines "as bright as Heaven's / Own candle" (lines 542-543). The poet uses this imagery to show
3. Beowulf was not a mere ..... He had the strength of fifty men on one hand, and the gods protected him from harm.
4. How long did The Middle Ages last?
5. The first child of Adam and Eve
6. Mankind's enemy This is an example of
7. Why couldn't the men use their weapons against Grendel?
8. (noun) the den or resting place of a wild animal
9. A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed
10. Beowulf believes that ..... controls fate.
11. When Beowulf and his men went before King Hrothgar for the first time, what did they carry with them?
12. Why was Beowulf thought to have biblical and Christian allusions?
13. An evil person, spirit, or monster is called a .....
14. King of the Geats
15. Which of the words in the list is the correct term for the definition shown below? (ELAGSE11-12L4; DOK1) (of a person) having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally
16. Reached or felt around uncertainly, as in a search
17. What is "comitatus" ?
18. It is about events of the 6th century
19. Define the italicized word: "the steel was shivered to pieces."
20. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes arrived in Britain from which region of Europe?