Final Exam Review 1: Beowulf & Anglo Saxons

The setting for Beowulf is...

• England,15th century
• Scandinavia, 5th century
• The Netherlands, 12th century
• Ireland, 4th century

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What is the genre of Beowulf?

• drama
• epic poem
• lyric poem
• non-fiction

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Plots to epics involve ALL of the following EXCEPT:

• supernatural events
• life and death struggles 
• takes place over long time periods
• female characters were unimportant to the plot

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Why do so few complete epics survive?

• They have been unpopular for a long time
• Many were lost in the great fire of Alexandria
• They were passed down orally and not written down
• Only a few were ever told

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An epic hero must be:

• brave, strong, good
• the under-dog
• unusual amongst his people
• young, handsome, smart

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Anglo Saxon Culture was ruled by warrior kings supported by their thanes.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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In this culture, thanes were similar to...

• princes
• knights
• judges
• CEO's

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Beowulf was originally written in...

• Greek
• Hebrew
• Middle English
• Old English

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Stories were told by ______ to entertain.

• Pyres
• Thanes
• Scops
• Wizards

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_____ is King of the Danes and is grateful for Beowulf's help in killing Grendel.

• Beowulf
• Hrothgar
• Wiglaf
• Abel

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