Category 1
The Anglo-Saxon Period in English Literature dates from _____ to ______.
What is 449-1495 A.D
on the test it is imperative to remember the beginning date.
What is defines the loss or grief of something?
What is and elegy?
Representation of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
A long narrative work about the exploits of a national hero is ___________.
What is a epic poem?
A comparison of two things without using like or as is________________.
What is a metaphor?
The country in which Beowulf first takes place ______
What is Denmark?
The title "shepard of-evil" portray what literary term?
What is a Kenning?
What item fails Beowulf in his last battle?
What is a sword?
Who is the King of Sweden throughout the beginning of the epic poem Beowulf?
What is Higlac?
Who is the King of Sweden when the Geats return from Denmark?
What is Beowulf?
The glorious mead hall in Beowulf is called ________.
What is Herot?
The main theme in Beowulf is showing _______.
What is Good vs. Evil?
What is an elegy?
Hrothgar's throne is a symbol of _________.
What is God's protection and/or the new Christian faith of the Danes?
The literary devices assonance is ______
What is the repetition of the sound of a vowel?
Grendal never touches King Hrothgar's glorious throne because......
What is protected by God.
The purpose of a caesura in a line of Anglo-Saxon poetry is to ___________.
What is indicate a pause for a breath showing significance?
In Anglo-Saxon society, a dragon symbolized what?
What is death?
What does Beowulf kill Grendel's mother with?
What is a sword?
At the end of Beowulf's battle with Grendel, the poet attributes Grendel's defeat to _________.
What is God's power?
Heroic tales were sung and told in the mead halls by ________.
What is scops or bards?
When the poet says "those monsters born of Cain" he is using a literary technique called __________.
What is symbolism?
Beowulf fatally wounds the monster Grendal by ________.
What is ripping his arm out of socket?
The Anglo-Saxon alphabet is known as ______.
What is runes?
How does Wiglaf aid Beowulf in the last battle?
What is helping Beowulf fight the dragon?