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English 12 A The Anglo-Saxon Period 449–1066 Unit Test (ANSWERS)
1. She was FICKLE in her friendships, which both formed and ended abruptly.
Answer - inconsistent
2. The soccer team swore to AVENGE its loss when playoff season came.
Answer - get even for
3. The dog was the toddler’s friend, companion, and SENTINEL.
Answer - protector
4. Match each word to its definition. Not all responses will be used.
Answers -
lair = hideout
scabbard = sheath for a sword
hilt = handle of a sword
complacent = eager to please
covetous = eager to obtain and possess
5. Grendel easily killed thirty warriors during his first attack because his victims were
Answer - asleep
6. Which of these helps qualify Beowulf as an epic poem?
Answer - Its protagonist is a god-like hero.
7. Which of these Anglo-Saxon values is most in evidence when the Geats sit by the lake as Beowulf does battle with Grendel’s mother?
Answer - loyalty
8. Which of these motivates the actions of both Beowulf and Grendel’s mother?
Answer - a desire to avenge
9. Which word best describes Beowulf’s attitude toward his impending battle with the dragon?
Answer - resolute
10. Which of these names the protagonist/antagonist relationship in “The Battle with the Dragon?”
Answer - Beowulf/the dragon
11. To whom does Beowulf give credit for the retrieval of treasure from the dragon’s tower?
Answer - God
12. In “The Seafarer,” who or what is said to issue threats of illness, age, and an enemy’s sword?
Answer - Fate
13. The daily life of the author of “The Wife’s Lament” can best be described as
Answer - lonely
14. Which of these is true of “The Seafarer,” “The Wanderer,” and “The Wife’s Lament?”
Answer - All three describe the loneliness of exile.
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1. She was FICKLE in her friendships, which both formed and ended abruptly.
Answer - inconsistent
2. The soccer team swore to AVENGE its loss when playoff season came.
Answer - get even for
3. The dog was the toddler’s friend, companion, and SENTINEL.
Answer - protector
4. Match each word to its definition. Not all responses will be used.
Answers -
lair = hideout
scabbard = sheath for a sword
hilt = handle of a sword
complacent = eager to please
covetous = eager to obtain and possess
5. Grendel easily killed thirty warriors during his first attack because his victims were
Answer - asleep
6. Which of these helps qualify Beowulf as an epic poem?
Answer - Its protagonist is a god-like hero.
7. Which of these Anglo-Saxon values is most in evidence when the Geats sit by the lake as Beowulf does battle with Grendel’s mother?
Answer - loyalty
8. Which of these motivates the actions of both Beowulf and Grendel’s mother?
Answer - a desire to avenge
9. Which word best describes Beowulf’s attitude toward his impending battle with the dragon?
Answer - resolute
10. Which of these names the protagonist/antagonist relationship in “The Battle with the Dragon?”
Answer - Beowulf/the dragon
11. To whom does Beowulf give credit for the retrieval of treasure from the dragon’s tower?
Answer - God
12. In “The Seafarer,” who or what is said to issue threats of illness, age, and an enemy’s sword?
Answer - Fate
13. The daily life of the author of “The Wife’s Lament” can best be described as
Answer - lonely
14. Which of these is true of “The Seafarer,” “The Wanderer,” and “The Wife’s Lament?”
Answer - All three describe the loneliness of exile.
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