1. Which of these excerpts from Beowulf best describes Beowulf’s reason for attacking Grendel’s mother?

A.
“… whispered together/And said that hope was gone, that the hero/Had lost…”

B.
“… and Holy/God, who sent him victory, gave judgment/For truth and right…”

C.
“…So fame/Comes to the men who mean to win it/And care about nothing else!”

D.
“… the sword was wet/With her blood, and Beowulf rejoiced at the sight.”

2. Which of these excerpts from Beowulf best describes what Beowulf expects the outcome of his battle with the dragon to be?

A.
“… thought nothing/of the beast’s claws, or wings, or flaming/Jaws…"

B.
“… soon./Would leave this brief life, but would take the dragon/With him…”

C.
“… he had fought, before, against worse/Odds, had survived, been victorious…”

D.
“… The Geats/Deserved revenge; Beowulf, their… lord, began to plan it…”

3. Which of these lines from The Canterbury Tales’ “Prologue” states the purpose of the characters’ pilgrimage?
A.
“To ride abroad had followed chivalry…”

B.
“To a poor Order that a man’s well shriven…”

C.
“To arbitrate disputes on settling days…”

D.
“To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick…”

4. How does Chaucer’s choice to set The Canterbury Tales’ “Prologue” in spring contribute to the narrative?

A.
It underscores the arduous journey the characters are about to take.

B.
It emphasizes the limited time the characters have to make their pilgrimage.

C.
It reinforces the notion that martyrdom is something to be avoided.

D.
It casts the idea of religious pilgrimage as a new beginning.

5. Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,/But as for me, alas, I may no more./The vain travail hath wearied me so sore…”

In these opening lines from Wyatt’s Whoso List to Hunt, what has the speaker given up on “capturing”?

A.
a kingdom

B.
a deer

C.
a treasure

D.
a woman

2 - B. “… soon./Would leave this brief life, but would take the dragon/With him…” Beowulf puts up a brave facade, but in his heart he knows he is old and will probably perish along with the dragon.

3 - D. “To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick…” The characters are in a pilgrimage to pay their respects to the martyred archbishop of Canterbury.

4 - D. "It casts the idea of religious pilgrimage as a new beginning." Spring is the beginning of the year, and symbolically the beginning of life.

5 - D. A woman. Though he speaks of "hinds", the hunt that really matters to him is an amorous pursuit.

sahilnagarbiology sahilnagarbiology · Answer 2 · 2021-12-22T09:23:38+01:00

The correct answers for each of the given questions are as following:

1 - Option C

So fame/ Comes to the men who mean to win it/And care about nothing else! Beowulf wishes to leave behind a legacy of glory and bravery.

2 - Option B

Soon./Would leave this brief life, but would take the dragon/With him Beowulf puts up a brave facade, but in his heart he knows he is old and will probably perish along with the dragon.

3 - Option D

To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick…The characters are in a pilgrimage to pay their respects to the martyred archbishop of Canterbury.

4 - Option D

It casts the idea of religious pilgrimage as a new beginning. Spring is the beginning of the year, and symbolically the beginning of life.

5 - Option D

A woman. Though he speaks of "hinds", the hunt that really matters to him is an amorous pursuit.

The story is set in pagan Scandinavia in the sixth century. Beowulf, a saint of the Geats, comes to the guide of Hrothgar, the lord of the Danes, whose mead lobby in Heorot has been enduring an onslaught by the monster Grendel. Later Beowulf kills him, Grendel's mother assaults the corridor and is then crushed.

Beowulf is a chivalrous sonnet, considered the most elevated accomplishment of old english writing and the sonest European vernacular epic. It manages occasions of the mid sixth century CE and is accepted to have been made somewhere in the range of 700 and 750.

The theme of the brave code of gallantry is the main theme of Beowulf. The honorable conduct and manners have overwhelmed the Anglo-Saxon culture. Fortitude, courage and the will to battle were considered fundamental standards of that courageous code. Beowulf adheres to these standards from the earliest starting point as he runs over the Danes.

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