Beowulf Quiz 61 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is WYRD akin to?USE YOUR PAGAN HAND OUT
2. An exaggeration/overstatement used for effect.
3. What is the name of the mead hall that Grendel attacks?
4. Imagine you are at a party and there is a person who is constantly trying to draw attention to themselves by bragging about their achievements. This person could be described as:
5. The state of being related to others
6. An evil spirit or demon
7. King Hrothgar built a mead-hall called Heorot.
8. Given Grendel's reaction to the Danes' singing in the mead-hall, the reader can infer that .....
9. Anglo-Saxon bards were known as .....
10. Choose the best word to create alliteration in this sentence:Frank ..... forced Felicia forward.
11. The feelings evoked in the reader while reading
12. God drove him off, Outlawed him to the dry and barren desert, And branded him with a murderer's mark.
13. What is the purpose of Beowulf mentioning his past accomplishments to KingHrothgar?
14. Beowulf is one of the oldest poems in the English language.
15. Which character hated Beowulf, and ended up being his character foil?
16. Which is not one of the languages in which English has its roots?
17. Revered means:
18. Which of the following lines from a poem demonstrates the use of caesura?
19. To retaliate; to get back at someone who has hurt you
20. An epic hero must undertake a ..... to achieve something of tremendous value for himself and his .....