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Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature: Beowulf Answers

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Alliteration
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Development
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Inference
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Repetition
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When a student studies the way the English language has evolved, the student is studying English’s

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alliteration.
B
development.
C
origin.
D
repetition.
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To make an inference correctly, a reader should

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explain how the inference is influenced by modern language.
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show how the inference impacts the language in the text.
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provide evidence to support the inference.
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describe how the inference affects the plot.
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DanishFrenchGermanicSwedish

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Danish
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French
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Germanic
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Swedish
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Read the passage from Beowulf."It bothers me to have to burden anyonewith all the grief Grendel has causedand the havoc he has wreaked upon us in Heorot,our humiliations. My household-guardare on the wane, fate sweeps them awayinto Grendel's clutches—but God can easilyhalt these raids and harrowing attacks!

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When studying Beowulf, the reader experiences the gift-giving and hospitality prominent in Anglo-Saxon culture.
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One of the interesting things about Beowulf is the way it portrays the feasts and warrior tribes in Anglo-Saxon culture.
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One thing the reader should note when studying Anglo-Saxon culture in Beowulf is the way lords and thanes interact.
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While reading Beowulf, the reader encounters aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture such as Christian and Pagan traditions.
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AlliterationDevelopmentInferenceRepetition

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Alliteration
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Development
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Inference
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Repetition
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Which statement accurately describes the relationship between Old English and Modern English?

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Old English and Modern English sound exactly the same.
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Old English and Modern English use all of the same letters of the alphabet.
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Beowulf was originally written in Modern English and translated into Old English.
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Modern English was heavily influenced by the French language, and Old English is a Germanic language.
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Read the passage from Beowulf.So the Helming woman went on her rounds,queenly and dignified, decked out in rings,offering the goblet to all ranks,treating the household and the assembled troopuntil it was Beowulf’s turn to take it from her hand.

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a Christian tradition
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a cup-bearer
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a gift-giving
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a Pagan tradition
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Read Micah’s inference about Beowulf.Beowulf does not fear death.Read the passage from Beowulf.If Grendel wins, it will be a gruesome day;he will glut himself on the Geats in the war-hall,swoop without fear on that flower of manhoodas on others before. Then my face won’t be thereto be covered in death: he will carry me awayas he goes to ground, gorged and bloodied;he will run gloating with my raw corpseand feed on it alone, in a cruel frenzy,fouling his moor-nest. No need thento lament for long or lay out my body: if the battle takes me, send backthis breast-webbing that Weland fashioned and Hrethel gave me, to Lord Hygelac.Fate goes ever as fate must."

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it will be a gruesome day;
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Then my face won’t be there to be covered in death:
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if the battle takes me, send back this breast-webbing
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Fate goes ever as fate must.
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Read the passage from Beowulf.Wealhtheow came in,Hrothgar’s queen, observing the courtesies.Adorned in her gold, she graciously salutedthe men in hall, then handed the cupfirst to Hrothgar, their homeland’s guardian,urging him to drink deep and enjoy itbecause he was dear to them. And he drank it downlike the warlord he was, with festive cheer.So the Helming woman went on her rounds, queenly and dignified, decked out in rings,offering the goblet to all ranks,treating the household and the assembled troopuntil it was Beowulf’s turn to take it from her hand.With measured words she welcomed the Geatand thanked God for granting her wishthat a deliverer she could believe in would arriveto ease their afflictions.

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Wealhtheow is more interested in wealth and power than she is in the safety of her people.
B
Wealhtheow is not pleased that Beowulf and his men have arrived to fight with Grendel.
C
Wealhtheow is nervous speaking in front of Beowulf and his men because she is afraid of them.
D
Wealhtheow has not been impressed by the men who have fought Grendel up to this point.
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Read the passage from Beowulf.The hero arose, surrounded closelyby his powerful thanes. A party remainedunder orders to keep watch on the arms;the rest proceeded, led by their princeunder Heorot’s roof.And standing on the hearthin webbed links that the smith had woven,the fine-forged mesh of his gleaming mail-shirt,resolute in his helmet, Beowulf spoke:

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powerful
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thanes
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roof
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gleaming
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Read the passage from Beowulf.Beowulf, Ecgtheow’s son, replied:"Well, friend Unferth, you have had your sayabout Breca and me. But it was mostly beerthat was doing the talking. The truth is this:when the going was heavy in those high waves,I was the strongest swimmer of all.We’d been children together and we grew updaring ourselves to outdo each other,boasting and urging each other to riskour lives on the sea.Now read Luka’s inference.Even though he’s a warrior, Beowulf often defuses the situation instead of rushing to anger and aggression.

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Well, friend Unferth, you have had your say about Breca and me.
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But it was mostly beer that was doing the talking.
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The truth is this: when the going was heavy in those high waves, I was the strongest swimmer of all.
D
We’d been children together and we grew up daring ourselves to outdo each other, boasting and urging each other to risk our lives on the sea.
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Read the passage from Beowulf.Then it was like old times in the echoing hall,proud talk and the people happy,loud and excited; until soon enoughHalfdane’s heir had to be awayto his night’s rest. He realizedthat the demon was going to descend on the hall,that he had plotted all day, from dawn-lightuntil darkness gathered again over the worldand stealthy night-shapes came stealing forthunder the cloud-murk.

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feasting.
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laughing.
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relaxing.
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worrying.
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Read the passage from Beowulf.From where he crouched at the king's feet,Unferth, a son of Ecglaf’s, spokecontrary words. Beowulf’s coming,his sea-braving, made him sick with envy:he could not brook or abide the factthat anyone else alive under heavenmight enjoy greater regard than he did:

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acclaimed.
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frail.
p
petty.
r
religious.

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