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Anglo-Saxon and Middle English Exam Review

Anglo-Saxon and Middle English Exam Review. Beowulf’s King, Higlac , sent Beowulf to help Hrothgar . Beowulf is able to defeat Grendel without weapons. Beowulf makes Herot Hall safe again. When he fights the dragon, Beowulf needs help from his loyal follower Wiglaf . Multiple Choice.

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Anglo-Saxon and Middle English Exam Review

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  1. Anglo-Saxon and Middle English Exam Review • Beowulf’s King, Higlac, sent Beowulf to help Hrothgar. • Beowulf is able to defeat Grendel without weapons. • Beowulf makes Herot Hall safe again. • When he fights the dragon, Beowulf needs help from his loyal follower Wiglaf.

  2. Multiple Choice • Poets during Anglo times were called “scops.” • Anglo-Saxon life was very difficult. It was stern and barbaric • Beowulf displayed “commitatus” or undying loyalty to King Higlac. • Generally, epic poems do not rhyme. • A kenning combines two words to create a metaphor. Ex. sky-candle for sun. • The burial ship The Sutton-Hoocontained important artifacts from the time period.

  3. Multiple Choice Continued • Beowulf boasted that he would fight Grendel without weapons. • Beowulf also killed Grendel’s mom by cutting off her head with a special sword. • His sword did not work because of a spell on Grendel’s mom’s flesh.

  4. Canterbury Tales: Matching and Multiple Choice • The Knight practiced “chivalry.” • The Pardoner carried relics. • The Nun liked animals. • 29 Travelers made the pilgrimage. • They traveled in the spring during the month of April. • Know the Pardoner’s Tale • Know Federigo’s Falcon

  5. Vocabulary: Study the following: • Engendering • Cloister • Soverign • Arbitrate • Repine • Whelk • Preferement • Secular • Effigies • Sanguine • Guile • frugality

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