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Question 1

One full-length folk epic that has survived in English literature.

Answer 1

The epic of Beowulf

Question 2

An epic that is an example of warrior literature

Answer 2

The epic Beowulf

Question 3

What was the name of the hall Hrothgar built

Answer 3

Heorot

Question 4

Who was the frightful monster killing sleeping warriors in the story Beowulf

Answer 4

Grendel

Question 5

Why did Beowulf fight the monster with his bare hands

Answer 5

Weapons had no effect on the monster

Question 6

Where did Beowulf hang the monster’s arm

Answer 6

On a beam on the roof

Question 7

An equally horrible monster like Grendel

Answer 7

Grendel’s mother

Question 8

How many years did Beowulf reigned

Answer 8

50 years

Question 9

Where did the translation of the story Beowulf came from

Answer 9

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

Question 10

What is the name of the author of the story Beowulf

Answer 10

Unknown

Question 11

What is the purpose of sensory images

Answer 11

To transport a reader into the world of the story and to appeal the reader’s senses

Question 12

An example of an elegiac lyric

Answer 12

The ruined city

Question 13

This elegiac poem might refers to the old city of Bath, famous for its many stately bathhouses patronized by men of power.

Answer 13

The ruined city

Question 14

This poem is said to be plundered by the Anglo-Saxons in A.D. 577

Answer 14

The ruined city

Question 15

Who wrote the History of Caedmon

Answer 15

Venerable Bede

Question 16

An expression that does not mean what it literally says

Answer 16

Idioms

Question 17

What is the meaning of the Idiomatic expression “take one’s hat off”

Answer 17

admiration and respect

Question 18

A sentence must have a ___ and a ___

Answer 18

subject and predicate

Question 19

A sentence begins with a ______ and ends with a _____

Answer 19

Capital Letter and punctuation mark

Question 20

The simple predicate is the

Answer 20

Verb of the sentence

Question 21

The complex predicate is the

Answer 21

complete meaning of the verb

Question 22

is a poem that tells a story

Answer 22

Ballad

Question 23

____ were more entertainment than literature

Answer 23

Ballad

Question 24

They were not written down, instead, they were sung

Answer 24

Ballad

Question 25

What are the common characteristic of a ballad

Answer 25

• Subject is dramatic, focusing on love, death, and supernatural
• Language is simple
  -Story is developed through dialogue
  -It contains repeated lines or stanzas
• Mystery is contrived by leaving out details

Question 26

This ballad has a central theme of “poison-maid”

Answer 26

Lord Randal

Question 27

This ballad has a theme of an “Unhappy love affair”

Answer 27

Bonny Barbara Allan

Question 28

This ballad testifies that the comic was not entirely neglected by the balladeers

Answer 28

Get up and bar the door

Question 29

The ballad ____ and _____ shows the them of unrequited love

Answer 29

Lord Randal and Bonny Barbara Allan

Question 30

We first hear of Great Britain in___

Answer 30

55 B.C

Question 31

Idiom

Put their heads together

Answer 31

consult one another

Question 32

set one’s face against

Answer 32

resist strongly

Question 33

take a breath

Answer 33

pause

Question 34

turn the tables

Answer 34

reverse action

Question 35

get wind of

Answer 35

hear some news

Question 36

go a long way

Answer 36

be sufficient

Question 37

bear in mind

Answer 37

remember

Question 38

keep a person in the dark

Answer 38

conceal something from someone

Question 39

touch bottom

Answer 39

be in adversity

Question 40

lay up for a rainy day

Answer 40

save for a future need