Beowulf Intro

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Is Beowulf one of the oldest poems in the English language?

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False, it is the oldest poem in the English language

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How many written transcripts (copies) are left of Beowulf? Options: 100,000, 10,000, 1,000, 1

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1

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Some of the characters in the poem actually existed.

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True

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The actual poem dates from the 8th century.

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True, but the story may be set even earlier, around 500 A.D.

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The only copy of the manuscript was written sometime

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around the 11th century A.D. (1000’s)

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Current Europe

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There are a lot of Jewish references in the poem.

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There are a lot of Christian references in the poem.

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Pagan

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Nature gods

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Foe

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enemy

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Europe in Beowulf time