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What evidence of Christianity is there in this largely pagan poem? - CORRECT ANSWER First, the explanation that Grendel is a descendent of Cain is an obvious allusion to the early chapters of Genesis. Likewise, the bards of Heorot sing songs and tell tales taken directly from Genesis: tales of "how the Almighty fashioned the earth ... [and] ... set the sun and moon as lights ... [and] ... adorned the earth's expanses with tree limbs." Both firmly establish Christian influences on this An...

CSTU 101 Exam 2 Chapter 6 Study Guide What does this quote describe? "I alone give order to all and crown the righteous; Those who follow crime, I judge and punish. Here, let those bound to earthly error be struck by terror. The horror of those you see here will be their fate." - correct answer the Last Judgment The early middle ages were defined by what three things? - correct answer order, politics, and faith The medieval worldview was defined by ________ and _______. - correct answe...

ABCTE English Study Guide | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024 | Verified The history of English is divided into what three periods? - Early English (Beginning-1066), Middle Enlgish (), Modern English Danelaw - a political demarcation established by King Alfred the Great in 868 that gave the eastern half of England to the Danes, but guaranteed that the English who lived there would be treated as full citizens... this preserved the English language What type of liter...

Language that is being spoken to a person is called _____________ language. - receptive Language that expresses thoughts and feelings to others is called ________________ language. - expressive stressed, unstressed, unstressed - dactylic stressed, stressed - spondee stressed, unstressed - trochaic unstressed, stressed - iambic unstressed, unstressed, stressed - anapestic The __________ English literary time period lasted from . Writers of this time: Charles Dickens, Robe...

Macbeth Study Guide (All Acts) COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2023 70+ QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS . 1. In lines 10-11, what is the meaning of these lines and what theme do these lines introduce?: Appearances are deceiving; The witches delight in the confusion of good and bad, beauty and ugliness. 2. What mood is established with the appearance of three witches in the first scene of this play?: Considering the scene's stage direction (thunder and lightning) and the fact that the witches call ...

Who is Hrothgar? correct answersKing of the Danes (people of Denmark) What is Herot? correct answersA wooden, large mead hall where men of the community go to meet, celebrate, eat, sleep, etc. Describe Grendel using 4 specific details from the text. correct answersa) powerful monster b) demon, fiend who haunts the moors (marshy wild land) c) spawned (given birth) by a pair of monsters descended from Cain d) has great claws - tears apart and eats men/drinks their blood What irritat...

ABCTE English Exam 178 Questions with Verified Answers The history of English is divided into what three periods? - CORRECT ANSWER Early English (Beginning-1066), Middle Enlgish (), Modern English Danelaw - CORRECT ANSWER a political demarcation established by King Alfred the Great in 868 that gave the eastern half of England to the Danes, but guaranteed that the English who lived there would be treated as full citizens... this preserved the English language What type of literature was ...

Why does Beowulf journey across the sea to the land of the Danes? correct answersTo save the Danes from the monster Grendel Who was Edgetho? correct answersBeowulf's Father How does Beowulf trap Grendel? correct answersHe waits until Grendel enters Heorot and uses men as bait What does Beowulf do once he has Grendel in his clutches? correct answersHe fights him bare-handed and rips off his arm What drives Grendel to attack so many men at Herot, the mead hall? correct answersHe is an...

UNIT 1 TEST - STUDY GUIDE (WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2023/2024. how are leaders forged from circumstance - CORRECT ANSWER- comrade - CORRECT ANSWER-friend; companion devour - CORRECT ANSWER-to eat away or consume quickly predict - CORRECT ANSWER-to guess or estimate what might happen valiant - CORRECT ANSWER-very brave and bold valorours - CORRECT ANSWER-bold and courageous when faced with danger affliction - CORRECT ANSWER-something that causes pain or suffering disembark - CORRECT ANSWER-...