FREE QUIZ BOWL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ENGLISH

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FREE QUIZ BOWL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ENGLISH

BEOWULF EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: From which fact can the reader infer that Beowulf is honorable?

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Beowulf refuses to use weapons because Grendel uses none.Question 2: Why is it ironic that after his death the Geats build a tower to memorialize Beowulf?

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Most of the Geats had deserted him in battle.

Question 3: Which of the following best summarizes the theme of Beowulf?

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Valor will triumph.Question 4: Wiglaf thinks he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because

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in the past they had promised to repay Beowulf's kindness with their lives.

Question 5: Which of the following passages contains an appositive phrase?

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"...sailors/ Have brought us stories of Herot, the best/ Of all mead-halls, deserted and useless..." Question 6: When used to describe Beowulf, the phrase "noble protector of all seamen" is an example of

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a kenning.Question 7: When Beowulf requests that he alone "May purge all evil from this hall," what does he mean by purge?

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cleanse.Question 8: When the dying Beowulf gives Wiglaf his gold necklace, the gesture means that

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Beowulf is passing on the rulership of Geatland to Wiglaf.Question 9: What does this line mean? the monster's thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws.

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He has intelligence.Question 10: Which of the following line from Beowulf contains an example of kenning?

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"...I have come so far./ Oh shelterer of warriors and your people's loved friend./ That this one favor you should not refuse me..."

Question 11: At the end of the battle, the poet attributes Grendel's defeat to

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God's power.Question 12: Which is the best paraphrase for this passage from the selection? -Then the sword/ Melted, blood-soaked, dripping down/ like water, disappearing like ice when the world's/ Eternal Lord loosens invisible/ Fetters and unwinds icicles and frost...

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Beowulf's bloody sword became liquid the way ice and frost do when God warms and melts them.

Question 13: How can the reader tell that Beowulf is a legendary story?

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The hero is described as someone greater than all other men.Question 14: Which of the following lines from Beowulf comtains an example of a caesura?

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"...Burns like a torch. No one knows its bottom..." Question 15: Which words from the following passage form an appositive phrase? ...A deer,/ Hunted through the woods by packs of hounds,/ A stag with great horns, though driven through the forest/ From faraway places, prefers to die/ On those shores,...

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"A stag with great horns" Question 16: Why does Beowulf sail with his chosen companions to Hrothgar's kingdom?

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to help Hrothgar by destroying a monster.Question 17: Which of these words best fits the image of the dragon presented in this quotation? ...The dragon/ Coiled and uncoiled, its heart urging it/ Into battle...

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writhing.Question 18: Which is the best paraphrase of the following passage from the poem?So the living sorrow of Healfdane's son/ Simmered, bitter and fresh, and no wisdom/ Or

strength could break it: that agony hung/ On king and people alike...

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Hrothgar felt a strong and unending sorrow that he had no power to overcome. It affected both him and his subjects.Question 19: Which phrase best paraphrases the underlined words in this quotation from the poem? ...they could hack at Grendel/ From every side, trying to open/ A path for his evil soul, but their points Could not hurt him.

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To kill him.

Question 20: Grendel's arm hanging in the banquet hall of the Danes might be described as for the evil he had done.

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reparaion(payback)