Beowulf Quiz 180 (20 MCQs)

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1. In the line, "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world, " what type of figurative language is "yawp."
2. How can the reader tell that Beowulf is a legendary or epic story?
3. What are the 3 major values of the Danes?
4. Which two words best match the definition of whetted used in the line, "wait for Grendel with whetted swords" ?
5. What do the soldiers find on the way to the lake?
6. What are the years of the Anglo Saxon period?
7. Artistic license is also called ..... license.
8. In this last battle, Beowulf has ruled as the
9. Beowulf began to ..... and brag about all the battles he had won in his life.
10. The main theme of Bewulf is centered around the
11. It analyzes a work in its eventful context and understanding the its period, author's background and how it directly affect the author and possibly the characters of the text.
12. Old English is smoother in sound than modern English. BEOWULF
13. Beowulf has these two deadly sins
14. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Does not use signaling words.
15. Beowulf is just as strong and able to defeat the firedrake like he did in the past.
16. Beowulf's story is 100% myth.
17. Name the character who uttered this line in the FILM ADAPTATION of Beowulf: "Are you the one they call Beowulf? The Bee-Wolf. The bear ..... "
18. The dates of the Anglo-Saxon period are
19. How does Grendel's mother demonstrate her revenge?
20. Beowulf gave Wiglaf