The Epic Battle of Good Vs. Evil Trivia

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The Epic Battle of Good Vs. Evil Trivia
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Question 1
Who was Grendels ancestor?
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Answer

• Cain

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Question 1

• Name four languages that contributed to the
  make-up of modern English.

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Answer

• 1. Latin
• 2. Anglo-Saxon (Germanic)
• 3. French
• 4. Scandinavian

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Question 2

• 1. When did the Anglo-Saxon period in British
  history begin and end?

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Answer

• 449-1066

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Question3

• Who conquered England in 1066?

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Answer

• William the Conqueror

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Question 4

• Who were the Druids?

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Answer

• Celtic priests who settled disputes

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Question 5

• Who is Beowulfs loyal thane?

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Answer

• Wiglaf

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Question 6

• Who is Hrothgars queen?

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Answer

• Wealthow

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Question 7

• What Victorian piece corresponds in structure and
  in content to Seafarer?
• Who wrote it?

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Answer

• Matthew Arnolds Dover Beach

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Question 8

• What is the condition of the modern world
  compared to in Dover Beach?

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Answer

• Ignorant armies fighting at night.

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Question 9

• Who wrote Paradise Lost?

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Answer

• John Milton

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Question 10

• Who wrote each of the following
• A. Shooting an elephant
• B. The Lamb, and The Tyger
• C. Rocking-Horse Winner

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Answer

• George Orwell
• William Blake
• D.H. Lawrence

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Question 11

• Name 3 characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry.

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Answer

• 1. Kennings
• 2. Caesuras
• 3. Alliteration
• 4. Roughly four stressed beats a line

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Question 12

• Organize each of the following in the order in
  which they were written
• 1. Paradise Lost 5. The Lamb
• 2. Seafarer 6. Shooting an E
• 3. Dover Beach
• 4. Rocking-horse Winner

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Answer

• 1. Seafarer
• 2. Paradise Lost
• 3. The Lamb
• 4. Dover Beach
• 5. Shooting an Elephant
• 6. Rocking Horse Winner

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Question 13

• Name 3 works that mention God.

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Answer

• 1. Beowulf
• 2. Paradise Lost
• 3. Seafarer

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Question 14

• Name two works that portray the evils of money.

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Answer

• Rocking-horse Winner
• Seafarer

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Question 15

• Name the work that questions the benevolence of a
  Creator.

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Answer

• The Tyger

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Question 16

• Name 3 Anglo-Saxon Works.

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• 1. Beowulf
• 2. Seafarer
• 3. Wifes Lament

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Question 17

• What was the name of the thane who was jealous of
  Beowulf?

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• Unferth

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Question 18

• What was the name of the nonfiction work that may
  have led to the writing of Dover Beach?

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• Origin of the Species

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Question 19

• Who were Beowulfs people?
• Who were Hrothgars?

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• Geats
• Danes

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Question 20

• Identify Hrunting and Herot.

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• Beowulfs sword
• Mead-hall

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Question 21

• What enabled the Vikings to become a military
  power?

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• Their ships

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Question 22

• What language was the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  written in?

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Answer

• Old English

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Question 23

• What two countries form the setting for Beowulf?

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• Denmark
• Geatland

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Question 24

• Where does Shooting an Elephant take place?

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• Burma

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Question 25

• Complete the following line from Paradise Lost
• It is better to reign in hell
• Than to _______________________.

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• Heaven

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Question 26

• What are the two epics we studied?

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• Beowulf and Paradise Lost

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Question 27

• What are the two elegies we studied?

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Answer

• The Seafarer
• Wifes Lament