Beowulf Quiz 139 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who wrote the epic poem, Beowulf?
2. Which quote best describes Grendel as an outcast?
3. Which adjectives BEST describe Beowulf's character?
4. What is the religion of the poet who wrote Beowulf?
5. Grendel is a demon descended from .....
6. What does caesura mean?
7. Say something in a low, soft, or indistinct voice
8. Pauses for breath in the middle of lines of poetry.
9. What is the meaning of the word loathsome as it appears in the following excerpt?" ..... and running to his loathsome moor [land] with another such sickening meal waiting in his pouch." (lines 538-40)
10. Describe venomous.
11. What does loathesome mean?
12. Epic poems are about .....
13. DEFINE:Vile
14. To cave or fall in or give away.
15. What building is the center of life in a Anglo-Saxon Christian community?
16. Which two quotes from Beowulf contain kennings renaming the two main characters? With his own hands he had killed Heatholaf
17. The Almighty drove Those demons out, and their exile was bitter, Shut away from men; they split In a thousand forms of evil-spirits And fiends, goblins, monsters, giants .....
18. "Hrothgar's heart" is an example of what?
19. What does Beowulf do at the end of chapter 9?
20. In 1066, Britain was invaded and conquered by Norman-French forces under the leadership of .....