GRADE A Q&A
How can the reader tell that Beowulf is a legendary story? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)The hero is described as someone greater than all other men.
Why does Beowulf sail with his chosen companions to Hrothgar's kingdom? -
(CORRECT ANSWER)To help Hrothgar by destroying a monster.
This line from Beowulf contains a kenning: - (CORRECT ANSWER)"'...I have come
so far, / Oh shelterer of warriors and your people's loved friend, / That this one favor
you should not refuse me...'"
From which fact can the reader infer that Beowulf is honorable? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)Beowulf refuses weapons because Grendel uses none.
This line: "the monster's thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws" means... -
(CORRECT ANSWER)He has intelligence.
Which of the following best summarizes the theme of Beowulf? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)Valor will triumph.
The best paraphrase for the following passage: 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... - (CORRECT ANSWER)Hrothgar felt a
strong and unending sorrow that he had no power to overcome. It affected both him
and his subjects.
Wiglaf thinks he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because... -
(CORRECT ANSWER)In the past they had promised to repay Beowulf's kindness
with their lives
When the dying Beowulf gives Wiglaf his gold necklace, the gesture means that... -
(CORRECT ANSWER)Beowulf is passing on the rulership of Geatland to Wiglaf.
The following line from Beowulf contains a caesura... - (CORRECT
ANSWER)"...Burns like a torch. No one knows it's bottom..."
Why is it ironic that after his death the Geats build a tower to memorialize Beowulf? -
(CORRECT ANSWER)Most of the Geats had deserted him in battle.
The best paraphrase for the following passage: ...they could hack at Grendel / From
every side, trying to open / A path for his evil soul, but their points / could not hurt
him. - (CORRECT ANSWER)To kill him.
When used to describe Beowulf, the phrase "noble protector of all seamen" is an
example of... - (CORRECT ANSWER)A kenning.
When Beowulf requests that he alone "May purge all evil from this hall," what does
he mean by purge? - (CORRECT ANSWER)Cleanse.
How can the reader tell that Beowulf is a legendary story? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)The hero is described as someone greater than all other men.
Why does Beowulf sail with his chosen companions to Hrothgar's kingdom? -
(CORRECT ANSWER)To help Hrothgar by destroying a monster.
This line from Beowulf contains a kenning: - (CORRECT ANSWER)"'...I have come
so far, / Oh shelterer of warriors and your people's loved friend, / That this one favor
you should not refuse me...'"
From which fact can the reader infer that Beowulf is honorable? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)Beowulf refuses weapons because Grendel uses none.
This line: "the monster's thoughts were as quick as his greed or his claws" means... -
(CORRECT ANSWER)He has intelligence.
Which of the following best summarizes the theme of Beowulf? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)Valor will triumph.
The best paraphrase for the following passage: 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... - (CORRECT ANSWER)Hrothgar felt a
strong and unending sorrow that he had no power to overcome. It affected both him
and his subjects.
Wiglaf thinks he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because... -
(CORRECT ANSWER)In the past they had promised to repay Beowulf's kindness
with their lives
When the dying Beowulf gives Wiglaf his gold necklace, the gesture means that... -
(CORRECT ANSWER)Beowulf is passing on the rulership of Geatland to Wiglaf.
The following line from Beowulf contains a caesura... - (CORRECT
ANSWER)"...Burns like a torch. No one knows it's bottom..."
Why is it ironic that after his death the Geats build a tower to memorialize Beowulf? -
(CORRECT ANSWER)Most of the Geats had deserted him in battle.
The best paraphrase for the following passage: ...they could hack at Grendel / From
every side, trying to open / A path for his evil soul, but their points / could not hurt
him. - (CORRECT ANSWER)To kill him.
When used to describe Beowulf, the phrase "noble protector of all seamen" is an
example of... - (CORRECT ANSWER)A kenning.
When Beowulf requests that he alone "May purge all evil from this hall," what does
he mean by purge? - (CORRECT ANSWER)Cleanse.
