Literary Devices
"Every bone in his body quailed and coiled " is used to show Beowulf's strength against Grendel during the fight. What literary device is this?
A) Metaphor
B) Hyperbole
C) Alliteration
D) Idiom
What is Hyperbole?
This geological event rapidly cooled Europe and caused famine due to crops dying. What is it?
A) Ice Age
B) Late Antique Ice Age
C) Late Antique Little Ice Age
D) Little Ice Age
What is the Late Antique Little Ice Age?
This Geat warrior rips off Grendel's arm bare-handed in Heorot hall. Who is he?
A) Hrothgar
B) Beowulf
C) Wiglaf
D) Unferth
Who is Beowulf?
This Geatish king raided Frank territory around 523 CE and died, as referenced in the poem and confirmed by history.
A. Haethcyn
B. Hygelac
C. Henry VIII
D. King Arthur
Who is Hygelac?
Name the Movie:
A modern-day movie regarding medieval times, characters like a talking donkey, a green guy, and someone in boots.
Who is Shrek?
“The timber trembled and sang” gives the mead-hall human emotions and reactions. What literary device is this?
A) Hyperbole
B) Personification
C) Metaphor
D) Alliteration
What is Personification?
Other than volcanoes, these 2 rare objects are different theories to what caused cooling in 536 CE.
What is comets and meteorites?
This Danish king built Heorot but can't stop the monster's raids and is a good friend of Beowulf's father. Who is he?
A) Hrothgar
B) Hygelac
C) Grendel
D) Heaney
Who is Hrothgar?
In Beowulf, the Battle of this "wood" around 510 AD saw Swedes have a queen get captured.
A. Crowswood
B. Forestwood
C. Swampwood
D. Ravenswood
What is Ravenswood?
J.R.R. Tolkien drew Beowulf inspiration for this epic fantasy with dragons and rings. What is it?
A) The Lord of the Rings
B) Harry Potter
C) Game of Thrones
D) The Hobbit
What is The Lord of the Rings?
“God‑cursed Grendel came greedily loping” these words repeat initial sounds. What literary device is being used?
What is alliteration?
Beowulf is composed of this ancient language during it's first scribing in early 1000's.
What is Old English?
Maria Dahvana Headley's feminist retelling makes this character the protagonist instead of Beowulf.
(Clue: related to Grendel)
Who is Grendel's Mother?
Which city is the original manuscript of Beowulf stored.
A. Paris
B. Madrid
C. London
D. Berlin
What is London?
This 2007 animated film stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf fighting Grendel and his mother. What is it?
A) Beowulf
B) King Arthur
C) Troy
D) Burger
Who is Beowulf?
“Flame more than light, flared from his eyes.” is showing the emotion that Grendel had felt. What literary device is this?
A) Metaphor
B) Hyperbole
C) Idiom
D) Personification
What is a Metaphor?
How did the settlement of Germanic peoples within Western Roman contribute to the transformation of the Western Roman Empire?
A
By forming new kingdoms that blended Roman administrative practices with Germanic leadership and customs
B
By immediately abolishing Roman law and replacing it with purely oral tribal traditions
C
By strictly preserving all Roman institutions without alteration and banning intermarriage
D
By returning control of the provinces to the Senate in Rome, restoring an earlier republican system
What is A?
This Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet published his famous translation of Beowulf in 1999. Who is he?
A) Tolkien
B) Hygelac
C) Seamus Heaney
D) Wiglaf
Who is Seamus Heaney?
This 1939 Suffolk excavation uncovered a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon ship burial linked to a king
What is Sutton Hoo?
Popular modern-day Fantasy video game taking place in medieval times, Geralt hunts monsters in plague-ridden Velen from Kaer Morhen fortress amid.
Name the game.
What is The Witcher?
“sinews split and the bone‑lappings burst” is an extremely describing sentence. What literary device is being used?
What is imagery?
Why did the arrival of the Huns in Eastern Europe play a crucial role in starting the first wave of the Migration Period?
A
They directly conquered Rome in a one campaign, forcing all neighbouring people to flee westward
B
They signed a permanent peace treaty with Rome that stopped all frontier conflicts
C
Their expansion displaced Germanic and other groups, causing refugee movements toward Roman frontiers
D
They introduced advanced agricultural techniques that attracted settlers into their territories
What is C?
Surviving in the Nowell Codex, this fire-damaged manuscript holds the only copy. (Clue: Its a library)
What is the British Library manuscript?
This 1731 fire nearly destroyed the Nowell Codex.
What is the Ashburnham Fire?
Relating to the topic of Medieval themes, what modern-day video game is a chaotic, 64-player, first-person multiplayer slasher inspired by cinematic medieval battles? developed by Torn Banner Studios.
What is Chivalry 2