Eng IV - Beowulf/Head of Humbaba
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- Q1
Who composed Beowulf?
an unknown German
Burton Raffel
a gleeman
Beowulf
30s - Q2
Which word correctly completed the following sentence, "Are you going to ___ out the the door without even saying goodbye?
lament
relish
purge
bolt
30s - Q3
Which of the words below best completes the sentence, "They ___ foreign travel."
cower
relish
bolt
purge
30s - Q4
According to the prologue, what makes for a good king?
obedience
honor
glory
strength
30s - Q5
Which of the following is an example of alliteration? (Hint: alliteration uses same letter repeatedly)
"the beginning night might not be the end"
"and in that hall he divided the spoils"
"That had ever been known to the sons of men"
"He found the sprawled in sleep, suspecting"
30s - Q6
Which of the following translated lines is alliterative? (alliterative means has phrases that all start with the same letter)
An abandoned child changed his own fate.
Hear me! We've heard of Danish Heroes
None of the above
Land, crowds, or captives he'd beaten
30s - Q7
Which of the following sayings most applies to Grendel's mother?
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth
Fight the good fight of faith
All's fair in love and war
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
30s - Q8
In this line who is "he", "As he'd wanted and then he whose word was obeyed"
Beowulf
Herod's
Grendel's
Hrothgar's
30s - Q9
Beowulf's people
Geat
Edgetho
scabbard
Cain
30s - Q10
Another name for a sword sheath
Cain
scabbard
Geat
Edgetho
30s - Q11
A biblical outcast
Geat
Edgetho
scabbard
Cain
30s - Q12
Beowulf's father
scabbard
Cain
Edgetho
Geat
30s - Q13
Ancient Germanic Alphabet
shaper
linden
Higlac
runic
30s - Q14
An Anglo-Saxon poet
linden
shaper
Higlac
runic
30s - Q15
Beowulf's feudal lord
linden
Higlac
shaper
runic
30s