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Literature Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oral Literature | Storytelling spoken out loud rather than written in books. |
| How did Anglo-Saxons learned history? | Through traveling poets called Scopes. |
| What do Scopes do? | Scopes would recite long tales while strumming a wooden harp. |
| Who is Beowulf? | He was originally an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet. |
| What several things are important to Anglo-Saxon culture? | Honor, Loyalty, Religion, Traditions, and Good vs Evil. |
| Code of Conitatus | Reciprocal code of honor and loyalty. |
| Epic | A long story told in a high style about a brave hero and great events |
| Kenning | A metaphoric compound of two words. |
| Litote | A figure of speech and form of understatement that uses a double negative to express a positive. |
| Where does Grendel attack Beowulf and his men | In Herot the mead hall |
| What does Grendel do when he enters Herot | Kills and devours one sleeping Geat |
| What happens when Grendel grabs Beowulf | Beowulf seizes him with a vice like grip |
| How does Grendel react to Beowulfs grip | He becomes terrified and tries to escape |
| Who helps Beowulf during the struggle | Another warrior grabs Grendels claws |
| Why could the other warriors not harm Grendel | Because no weapon could pierce his cursed skin |
| What effect did the fight have on Herot | The hall shook and trembled but did not collapse |
| What does Beowulf ultimately tear from Grendel | His arm and shoulder |
| What happens to Grendel after fleeing Herot | He escapes to the swamp mortally wounded and dies |
| What trophy does Beowulf display after the battle | Grendels arm hung high in Herot |
| How do the Danes react to Grendels defeat | They celebrate race horses and rejoice without pity |
| What does Grendels defeat symbolize | The triumph of good over evil and divine justice |
| Why is Beowulfs victory important to Hrothgar | It frees his people from years of terror |
| What does the battle reveal about Beowulfs strength | That he is superhuman able to fight without weapons |
| What literary element is shown in the struggle shaking Herot | Imagery and symbolism of chaos versus order |
| What does Beowulf rely on instead of weapons | His strength courage and faith in God |
| What does the crowd do the next morning | They follow Grendels bloody trail to the mere |
| What does Beowulf gain from defeating Grendel | Honor glory and the trust of the Danes |
| Wyrd | Fate |
| Epithet | A stock phrase inserted to describe or rename a person that recurs in a poem. |
| Alliterative verse | Unrhymed poetry that used alliteration to structure its lines. |
| Didactic | Literature that is instructive. |
| Old English | The language of the Anglo-Saxons. |
| Caedmon's Hymn | Composed by Caedmon and recognized as the oldest surviving poem in the English language. |
| Ecclesiastical History of the English People | Recorded in Latin by the venerable poet, Bede |
| Hagiography | A biography of a saint or holy person. |
| Caesura | A deliberate pause, break, or stop within a line of poetry or music, usually marked by a punctuation like a comma, dash, or period. |
| How many brave warriors did Beowulf bring to defeat Grendel? | 14 |
| Who is Wealhtheow? | The queen who passed the cup to each warrior |
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