Beowulf Quiz 2012 Grade 10
True / False (darken A for True and B for False)
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The original composition of the poem is 1000 AD
Beowulf is a lyric poem
Brythons are Celts and are why it’s called Britain
The Celts were originally Christians
Angles are German invading tribes and why it’s called England
Viking riddles often use double-entendres
The Vikings were mostly from Scandinavia, they were dangerous dudes
In 449 the Romans are still living in England
In 1066, the French are in England, kicking tail
Monks rarely wrote in scriptoriums, and never until the ink froze
Multiple choice
11. Epics begin
a) carpe diem b) in loco parentis
12. An Anglo Saxon poet is a
c) in medias res
d) deus ex machina
a) griot
b) scop
c) troubadour
d) bard
e) minstrel
13. The name of the mead hall, Herot, derives from the word that means
a) deer
b) bear
c) ox
d) bee
e) wolf
14. The man who paid Beowulf’s father’s wergild
a) Brecca
b) Wealthow c) Unferth
d) Hrothgar
e) Hathalaf
15. The man who swam against Beowulf
a) Brecca
b) Wealthow c) Unferth
d) Hrothgar
e) Hathalaf
16. The wife of Hrothgar; the picture of a noble woman
a) Brecca
b) Wealthow c) Unferth
d) Hrothgar
e) Hathalaf
17. The character who taunts Beowulf and apparently killed his brothers
a) Brecca
b) Wealthow c) Unferth
d) Hrothgar
e) Wiglaf
18. The character who, remembering the code of comitatus, faces the dragon
a) Brecca
b) Wealthow c) Unferth
d) Hrothgar
e) Wiglaf
19. The character who is our epic hero
a) Brecca
b) Beowulf
c) Unferth
d) Hrothgar
20. The Biblical murderer that Grendel is descended from
a) Abel
b) Isaac
c) Jacob
d) Cain
e) Wiglaf
e) Abraham
21. The antagonist in the story whose name means storm and hates happy music!
a) the dragon b) Grendel
c) Grendel’s mother
d) Unferth
e) Kanye
22. The character who lives underwater and nearly succeeds in killing Beowulf
a) the dragon b) Grendel
c) Grendel’s mother
d) Unferth
e) Kanye
23. The character who is very attached to his gold and succeeds in killing Beowulf
a) the dragon b) Grendel
c) Grendel’s mother
d) Unferth
e) Kanye
24. The sword of Unferth
a) Bunting
b)Runting
c)Punting
d) Hunting
e) Hrunting
25. Anglo-Saxons did not drink much of which
a) mead
b)ale
c)wine
26. The code of giving land and wealth to thanes for military loyalty
a) wergild b) comitatus c) lof d) wyrd e) sanskrit
27.Wergild, or the man-payment, is not paid by which character
a) Hrothgar
b) Grendel
28. Lof, or military fame, is what drives this character to fight
a) Brecca
b) Beowulf
c) Unferth
d) Hrothgar
e) Wiglaf
29. Wyrd, or fate, is illustrated when Beowulf does which action:
a) kills Grendel’s mother
b) travels to save Hrothgar
c) rules peacefully
d) faces Grendel without weapons
e) repays the family debt to Hrothgar
30. Geats are a Germanic tribe living in
a) Norway
b) France
c) Sweden
d) England
e) Mauritania
31. Hrothgar’s people are
a) Geats
b) Romans
c) French
d) Scandinavians
e)Danes
32. Beowulf’s foil is
a) Brecca
b) Unferth
c) Grendel
d) Grendel’s mother
e) Jay-Z
33. This word means word order
a) diction
b) grammar
c) inverted syntax
d) syntax
e) epithet
34. I am the greatest cookie baker in the universe is an example of
a) personification
b) alliteration c) syntax
d) epithet
e) hyperbole
35. Max, son of Axe – is an example of
a) personification
b) alliteration c) syntax
d) epithet
e) hyperbole
36. Sally sells sea shells is an example of
a) personification
b) alliteration c) syntax
d) epithet
e) hyperbole
37. Finding a giant’s sword and killing a monster with it is what kind of a motif
a) pagan
b) Christian
38. The melancholy, fatalistic, Debbie downer cause of death tradition in Anglo Saxon poetry is
a) Narrative
b) elegiac
c) panegyric
d) halitosis
39. What day of the week does NOT come from the Anglo Saxons?
a) Friday b) Thursday
c) Wednesday d)Tuesday
e) Saturday
40. Babies Can’t Read Any Stories, Just Vomit Food
a) this helps you remember who is in England from 300 BC to 1066 AD b) this was invented by Tyla
c) this is a mnemonic device d) mnemonic comes from Mnenosyne, the muse of memory
e) all of the above