30 Questions

Question 1

Comitatus

Answer 1

Bond among equals

Question 2

Kenning

Answer 2

Word Compound eg. Ring-giver, Metaphor-king

Question 3

Caesura

Answer 3

Break between lines of a storytelling

Question 4

Scop

Answer 4

Musician/Recorder of Events

Question 5

Beot

Answer 5

Boast/brag

Question 6

Wyrd

Answer 6

Fate

Question 7

Identify Three Anglo Saxon Letters

Answer 7

þ

Question 8

What is a dream vision poem? Cite examples

Answer 8

Dream of the (rude) Rood: Tree that was used for dream of life. Caedmon’s Hymn: Monk who wrote the life hymn

Question 9

Who is the father of English History?

Answer 9

St. Bede

Question 10

Who is the greatest of the Anglo-Saxon Kings?

Answer 10

Alfred

Question 11

In which document were historic events recorded in the Anglo-Saxon world?

Answer 11

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Question 12

Scyld

Answer 12

Ancestor of all Danes

Question 13

Hrothgar

Answer 13

Dane

Question 14

Hygelac

Answer 14

Beowulf’s Boss

Question 15

Ecgtheow

Answer 15

Beowulf’s Father

Question 16

Breca

Answer 16

Swam vs. Beowulf

Question 17

Unferth

Answer 17

Inferior to Beowulf/Breca

Question 18

Explain: “Beowulf’s strength is his greatest weakness.”

Answer 18

Strength is his grip, good for choking and not for sword handles

Question 19

Translate: “Hwaet!”

Answer 19

listen up!

Question 20

Nu sculen herigan, hefaenriches weard

Answer 20

Now shall we praise, the ruler of Heaven (Caedmon’s Hymn)

Question 21

Identify 55 BC

Answer 21

Caesar invades Briton

Question 22

597 AD

Answer 22

Ethelberg receives Christianity

Question 23

1066 AD

Answer 23

End of A/S era. William the Conquerer defeats Harold the Saxon.

Question 24

Germania

Answer 24

The Latin source for all things Anglo-Saxon

Question 25

What are the beasts of battle in Anglo-Saxon literature?

Answer 25

Raven, wolf, eagle

Question 26

What is our source for the story of Caedmon?

Answer 26

Bede's History

Question 27

Define elegies. (Wanderer and Seafarer)

Answer 27

Homesickness of the warrior. Loneliness for family and friends who are Comitatus.

Question 28

Explain: "Beowulf begins with a funeral and ends with a funeral."

Answer 28

Begin: Scyld's Burial. Ending: Beowulf and Beowulf's barrel or monument

Question 29

Naegling

Answer 29

To kill the dragon

Question 30

Hrunting

Answer 30

To kill Beowulf's Mother

Question 31

Wealtheow

Answer 31

Wife of Hrothgar

Question 32

Aeschere

Answer 32

Killed by Grendel's Mom

Question 33

Wiglaf

Answer 33

Passed on Beowulf's Legacy

Question 34

Explain the transition from Anglo-Saxon culture to medieval Culture

Answer 34

A/S is heroic and agrarian and M/C is romanic, chivalrous and business/mercantile

Question 35

Explain the world of medieval literature in England

Answer 35

Fight, pray, rule. F- Knights, P - Monks and R - kings

Question 36

Explain the alliterative Revival

Answer 36

A phenomenon whereby the alliterative line of A/S poetry persisted into the Poetry of the 14th century England in such poems as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. SGGK

Question 37

Explain the historical evolution of the Arthurian Legend

Answer 37

12th Century - History of the kings of Britain, 15th Century - Mallory's Morte d'Arthur, 19th Century - Jennyson Idylls of the King and 20th Century - TH White once and future king

Question 38

Explain the concept of chivalry

Answer 38

Code of conduct: Courtesy - Protect the underdog, trouthe - true to lord, lady, kind and self

Question 39

Explain Gawain's shield: the 5 of 5s and the use of the number 3

Answer 39

3 kisses, 3 days, 3 shots at head. 5 wits, 5 virtues, 5 fingers, 5 wounds and 5 joys

Question 40

Who is the author of Sir Gawain and the green Knight?

Answer 40

The Pearl poet

Question 41

Gringolet

Answer 41

Gawain's Horse

Question 42

Bertilak de Hautdesert

Answer 42

Green Knight

Question 43

Morgan le Fay

Answer 43

witch

Question 44

What is the significance of November 2nd and new Year's Day in SGGK?

Answer 44

Story begins and ends of NYD and Nov 2nd is all souls day

Question 45

Explain how time is measured in SGGK

Answer 45

Church time

Question 46

What is the purpose of the green girdle?

Answer 46

Something magical