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| THEY PRESERVED SOME OLDER TRADITIONS BY RECORDING AND REWRITING GREAT WORKS OF LITERATURE |
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| HILD (HILDEGARD VON BINGEN) |
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| THE LANGUAGE OF THE CHURCH AND OF EDUCATED PEOPLE |
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| ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL SHIP WITH TREASURE DISCOVERED IN THE 1930'S |
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| TO THE ANGLE-SAXONS, ONLY ____ COULD PROVIDE A DEFENSE AGAINST DEATH |
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| THE LANGUAGE OF THE ANGLO-SAXON COMMON PEOPLE |
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| GROUP OF "WISE MEN" WHO ACTED AS ADVISORS TO THE KING |
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| BRITAIN'S "ONCE AND FUTURE KING" |
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| ENGLAND RECEIVED ITS MODERN NAME FROM THIS GROUP |
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| THIS EVENT HAPPENED IN A.D. 1066 AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF ENGLISH HISTORY |
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| BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED WORKS OF CALLIGRAPHY |
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| CELTIC PRIESTS WERE CALLED |
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| ANGLES, SAXONS, AND JUTES |
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| THE 3 GROUPS OF 5TH CENTURY INVADERS WHO CAME FROM DENMARK AND GERMANY WERE THE |
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| THE NAME OF THE GREAT CIRCLE OF STANDING STONES ON SALISBURY PLAIN IS |
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| THE BRITON QUEEN WHO LED HER TRIBE IN A FRENZIED ATTACK AGAINST THE ROMAN INVADERS WAS |
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| IN THE FOLLOWING LINE, WHICH LETTERS ARE ALLITERATED? "WITHIN THE WINE-HALL HE FOUND THE WARRIORS FAST IN SLUMBER, FORGETTING GRIEF, FORGETTING THE WOES OF THEIR WORLD." |
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| IN THE FOLLOWING LINE, WHICH LETTERS ARE ALLITERATED? "GRIM AND GREEDY, THE GRUESOME MONSTER, FIERCE AND FURIOUS, LAUNCHED HIS ATTACK." |
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| IN THE FOLLOWING LINE, WHICH LETTERS ARE ALLITERATED? "...FLEE TO THE DARKNESS, TO THE FELLOWSHIP OF DEMONS" |
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| IS WINE-HALL AN EXAMPLE OF A KENNING? |
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| IS HEARTH-COMPANION AN EXAMPLE OF A KENNING? |
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| IS WEAPONS AND ARMOR AN EXAMPLE OF A KENNING? |
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| C. MY OLDER BROTHER, A FAR BETTER MAN |
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| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LINES CONTAINS A CAESURA?: A. YOUR FATHER'S COUNTRYMEN WAS AFRAID OF WAR, B.WITH COURAGE DRAWN FROM TOO MANY CUPS C. MY OLDER BROTHER, A FAR BETTER MAN D. THEN HE TRAVELED ACROSS THE CURVING WAVES |
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| A METAPHORICAL COMPOUND WORK THAT RENAMES OR DESCRIBES SOMETHING ELSE |
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| A PAUSE OF BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF A LINE OF POETRY |
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| KING OF THE DANES WHO HAS BEEN TERRORIZED BY A MONSTER FOR 12 YEARS |
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| GRUESOME MONSTER WHO TERRORIZED THE DANES FOR 12 YEARS |
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| A FERMENTED BEVERAGE MADE FROM WATER, HONEY, MALT, AND YEAST |
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| THE NAME OF THE GREATEST MEAD HALL EVER BUILT |
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| WHAT EMBLEM APPEARED ON THE GEAT'S HELMETS? |
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| WITH NO WEAPONS AT ALL, BUT HAND-TO-HAND |
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| HOW DOES BEOWULF PROPOSE TO FIGHT GRENDEL? |
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| "DEATH-SHADOW" IS USED OFTEN AS A KENNING FOR _______. |
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| WHERE DO BEOWULF AND HIS THANES SLEEP? |
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| HE GRABBED A SLEEPING WARRIOR, RIPPED HIM APART, AND ATE HIM. |
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| WHAT DID GRENDEL DO WHEN HE FIRST ENTERED THE MEAD-HALL? |
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| HE HAD NEVER MET A MAN SO STRONG |
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| WHAT SURPRISED GRENDEL ABOUT BEOWULF? |
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| ESCAPE FROM BEOWULF'S GRIP |
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| AS BEOWULF AND GRENDEL FOUGHT, WHAT DID GRENDEL DISCOVER HE COULD NOT DO? |
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| BECAUSE GRENDEL HAS CAST A SPELL TO PROTECT HIMSELF AGAINST SWORDS OT WEAPONS OF ANY KIND. |
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| WHY COULD BEOWULF'S MEN NOT HELP THEIR LEADER? |
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| PULLED HIS ARM OUT OF THE SOCKET AND RIPPED IT FROM HIS BODY |
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| HOW DID BEOWULF DEFEAT GRENDEL? |
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| WHAT DID BEOWULF KEEP AS HIS VICTORY TROPHY? |
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| HOW DID KING HROTHGAR REWARD BEOWULF? |
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| WHAT IS THE REASON GRENDEL'S MOTHER ATTACKS HEOROT? |
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| SHE KILLED HIS BEST FRIEND, AESCHERE |
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| WHY WAS THE ATTACK BY GRENDEL'S MOTHER SO ESPECIALLY PAINFUL FOR KING HROTHGAR? |
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| THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE WARRIORS WHO HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY |
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| WHAT GRUESOME DISCOVERY DID THE WARRIORS MAKE AS THEY FOLLOWED THE MONSTER'S TRACKS? |
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| IN AN OPEN CAVE AT THE BOTTOM OF A BOILING LAKE |
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| WHERE DID GRENDEL AND HIS MOTHER LIVE? |
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| WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT ATTACK BEOWULF AS HE MAKES HIS WAY TO THE MONSTER'S LAIR?: A. MONSTERS B. BEASTS C. SEA SERPENTS D. LIONS |
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| WHAT PROTECTED BEOWULF FROM THE MOTHER'S SHARP CLAWS? |
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| WHAT KENNING RENAMES BEOWULF'S SWORD? |
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| WHEN HIS OWN SWORD HAS NO EFFECT ON THE MONSTER, WHAT WEAPON DOES BEOWULF THEN USE? |
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| WHAT IS THE HANDLE OF THE SWORD CALLED? |
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| WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BLADE OF THE SWORD AFTER BEOWULF CHOPPED OFF HER HEAD? |
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| HOW MANY YEARS DID BEOWULF RULE AS KING IN GEATLAND? |
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| IN ADDITION TO KEEPING THE HILT OF THE SWORD, WHAT ELSE DID BEOWULF KEEP AS A TROPHY? |
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| HOW LONG HAD THE DRAGON BEEN GUARDING HIS TREASURE? |
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| REVENGE AGAINST THE THEFT OF A CUP FROM HIS TREASURE HOARD |
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| FOR WHAT REASON DID THE DRAGON ATTACK BEOWULF'S KINGDOM? |
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| WHAT LETTERS ARE ALLITERATED IN THE FOLLOWING LINE? "THE BALEFUL STRANGER, BELCHING FIRE AND FLAME, BURNT THE BRIGHT DWELLINGS..." |
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| BEOWULF ORDERED A SPECIAL SHIELD MADE OF WHAT TO FIGHT THE DRAGON? |
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| THE TERMS "DRAKE" AND "WORK" ARE OFTEN USED TO IDENTIFY WHAT? |
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| WHO WAS THE ONLY LOYAL WARRIOR WHO WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO HELP BEOWULF FIGHT AGAINST THE DRAGON? |
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| WHO STRIKES THE FINAL, KILLING BLOW TO THE DRAGON? |
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| THAT BEOWULF'S MEN DESERTED HIM |
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| WHAT IS THE REAL TRAGEDY OF THIS LAST, GREAT BATTLE SCENE? |
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| FATHER OF ENGLISH LITERATURE |
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| BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTANT PLACE IN ENGLISH LITERARY HISTORY, WHAT NAME HAS BEEN GIVEN TO CHAUCER? |
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| TOMB OF ST. THOMAS A BECKET |
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| THE PILGRIMS IN THE STORY ARE TRAVELING TO THE |
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| JUST AS GREEDY FOR MONEY AS WERE THE SUBJECTS OF HIS TALE |
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| IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT THE PARDONER TELLS HIS TALE BECAUSE |
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| WHOM DOES THE CHAUCER DESCRIBE AS A SLEAZY CON ARTIST, AN EXCELLENT SERMON GIVER, AND HAS A VOICE LIKE A GOAT? |
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| ALL THREE MEN IN THE STORY ARE |
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| IN ADDITION TO SELLING PARDONS, THE PARDONER ALSO SELLS |
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| WHEN THEY HEARD OF THE PLAGUE KILLING THEIR GOOD FRIEND, THEY SWEAR THAT THEY WILL |
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| IN THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY, WHAT DO THE THREE MEN HEAR? |
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| WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER THE OLD MAN? |
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| WHO WAS THE FIRST TO FIND DEATH IN THE STORY? |
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| WHO GOES TO TOWN FOR BREAD AND ALE? |
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| WHAT DO THEY FIND UNDER A TREE? |
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| WHAT DOES THE OLD MAN SYMBOLIZE IN THE STORY? |
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| HOW DO THE TWO OLDER MEN DIE? |
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| HOW DOES THE YOUNGEST MAN DIE? |
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| WHAT DOES DEATH NOT WANT TO TAKE FROM THE OLD MAN? |
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| THE EVENTS OF THIS TALE ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH A GREAT DISASTER OF CHAUCER'S TIME. WHAT WAS IT? |
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| TO KILL RATS AND A POLECAT |
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| WHAT REASON DID THE YOUNG MAN GIVE FOR BUYING THE POISON? |
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| THE THREE MEN BEHAVE TOWARD THE OLD MAN WITH |
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| PLAN TO KILL HIM WHEN HE RETURNS |
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| AS SOON AS ONE OF THE MEN WENT TO TOWN, THE OTHER TWO... |
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| POISON THE OTHERS AND KEEP THE TREASURE HIMSELF |
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| THE MAN WHO WENT TO TOWN DECIDES THAT HE WILL |
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| WHEN HE RETURNS, HIS PARTNERS |
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| THE LAST MAN DRINKS THE POISONED WINE AND DIES |
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| AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TALE, THE KNIGHT IS GIVEN A ______________ TO FIND OUT WHAT WOMEN MOST DESIRE. |
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| EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT ANSWERS |
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| WHAT IS THE MAIN PROBLEM THE KNIGHT ENCOUNTERS WHILE SEEKING THE ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION? |
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| TO ILLUSTRATE WOMEN'S INABILITY TO KEEP A SECRET, WE ARE TOLD THE STORY OF |
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| FINALLY, THE KNIGHT MEETS ____________ AND IS TOLD WHAT WOMEN MOST DESIRE. |
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| DO WHATEVER HE IS ASKED TO DO |
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| THE KNIGHT PROMISES THAT IF HE IS TOLD THE CORRECT ANSWER, HE WILL |
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| HAVE CONTROL OVER HUSBANDS AND LOVERS |
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| THE KNIGHT TELLS THE ASSEMBLED COURT THAT WHAT WOMEN MOST WANT IS TO |
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| HAVING GIVEN THE CORRECT ANSWER, THE KNIGHT MUST NOW FULFILL HIS PLEDGE AND |
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| ON THE WEDDING DAY, THE KNIGHT IS ____________ HIS BRIDE. |
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| THE BRIDE TELLS HER KNIGHT THAT A GENTLEMAN OR A LADY IS ONE WHO |
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| YOUNG AND LOVELY, RICH IN CHARMS |
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| WHEN THE KNIGHT DRAWS BACK THE CURTAIN TO KISS HIS WIFE, HE DISCOVERS SHE IS |
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