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What is the alphabet used for the Old English poetry in the four great poetic codices that we have? - correct answer Latin Alphabet with some old runic characters for the phonemes Latin doesn't have
In what way does "Dream of the Rood" recall earlier heroic l...
ENGL 3020 Final Exam
What is the alphabet used for the Old English poetry in the four great poetic codices that we have? -
correct answer Latin Alphabet with some old runic characters for the phonemes
Latin doesn't have
In what way does "Dream of the Rood" recall earlier heroic literature? - correct answer
Jesus is presented as a young warrior hero
What does Hrothgar tell Beowulf shortly before Beowulf leaves to go back home? - correct answer
That Beowulf should choose to shore up eternal rewards, as he would either age or be killed and, either
way, have to confront the hereafter
Why does the Benedictine Revival influence what we know about Old English Poetry? - correct answer
the Benedictines instituted a program of manuscript copying that saved much of the poetry we have
To what genre is "Dream of the Rood" assigned, and why? - correct answer dream
vision, as it shows the speaker getting knowledge he would not get in a waking state
What are two main causes of the disappearance of Old English poetry in its classical form (e.g., the four-
stress line, the alliteration, the head-staves)? - correct answer leveling of
inflectional endings plus the Norman Conquest bringing in a whole new audience which spoke Norman
French
How did most people come into contact with poetry at this time? - correct answer
Most poetry was performed aloud, so most people heard it
Which character insults and challenges Beowulf, only to be belittles as having done some less than
heroic things himself? - correct answer Unferth
Who kills Beowulf? - correct answer The dragon
, Beowulf is considered to be: - correct answer a primary epic
What is the "rood" of the poem "Dream of the Rood"? - correct answer it is the true
cross, which alternately shows the sacred blood and rich adornments
Why does the dragon burn Beowulf's hall? - correct answer he's angered by the loss
of a goblet to a thief, and this is how dragons deal with such things
Where do we see revenge code in Beowulf? - correct answer grendel's mother
seeks to redress a perceived wrong, but she doesn't even have a legal right
What does the speaker say at he end of "The Wanderer" - correct answer that it is
best to look for the heavenly feast rather than obsess over being a member of a thane's court
When Hrothgar preaches to Beowulf about pride, what does he say may happen to him? - correct
answer he may get old, or he could die young on the sea or in battle
What happens to the thanes who desert Beowulf in his hour of need? - correct answer
Wiglaf dispossesses them of their lands, and they are to live as exiles
"The Wandered" is what kind of poem? - correct answer Elegy
What is the head stave in Old English poetry? - correct answer the first stressed
syllable of the second half line in a line of poetry
What features are common in Old English poetry? - correct answer alliteration, four
stresses per line, lines broken into half-lines
Old English is part of what language group? - correct answer West Germanic
The Reeve is what kind of man? - correct answer choleric and dishonest
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