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Beowulf
Gilgamesh
Antigone
Literary Terms
Culture
100
This is the first monster Beowulf fights.
Who is Grendel?
100
Gilgamesh's twin is this man who is 2/3 animal.
Who is Enkidu?
100
Antigone must decide whether or not to do this.
What is bury her brother?
100
This type of verse that uses like consonant sounds to help the speaker remember his lines.
What is alliterative?
100
This person was responsible for telling epic poems to men in the Meade Halls after battle.
What is a scop?
200
Grendel attacks the Danes because he hears them singing about this person or people.
Who is God?
200
Gilgamesh is searching for this.
What is eternal life?
200
Antigone believes she is paying for her father's sins. Her father is this person.
Who is Oedipus?
200
This is a mini-riddle used to describe characters in an epic poem like Beowulf.
What is a kenning?
200
The Anglo-Saxons were from this European country.
What is Germany?
300
Beowulf kills Grendel by doing this.
What is ripping off his arm?
300
The Road of the Sun has an ironic name because of this.
What is it is pitch black?
300
Creon argues that this is the most important virtue for a leader.
What is fairness?
300
This is a poem that tells a story.
What is a Narrative?
300
Beowulf was written around this time.
What is 600-700 CE?
400
The Geats are attacked by a dragon because its treasure is stolen by this person.
Who is a poor man?
400
Gilgamesh travels to Utnapishtim and finds him "downcast" because of this experience.
What is the Flood?
400
Haimon argues this is the most important quality of a leader.
What is listening to the people?
400
This is the idea of following a line of poetry from one line to the next without stopping.
What is Enjambment?
400
Gilgamesh is the oldest piece of literature we have. It is estimated to have been written around this time.
What is 2700 BCE?
500
Beowulf kills the dragon with the help of this person.
Who is Wiglaf?
500
The water in the Secret of Life section symbolizes this.
What is cleansing or rebirth?
500
Pride is a tragic flaw known as this.
What is Hubris?
500
This is a religious poem.
What is a Hymn?
500
Antigone was written by this person.
Who is Sophocles?