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Anglo-Saxon and Middle English Exam Review Beowulf’s King, Higlac, sent Beowulf to help Hrothgar. Beowulf is able to defeat Grendel without weapons. Beowulf makes Herot Hall safe again. When he fights the dragon, Beowulf needs help from his loyal follower Wiglaf.

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Anglo-Saxon and Middle English Exam Review

Beowulf’s King, Higlac, sent Beowulf to help Hrothgar.

Beowulf is able to defeat Grendel without weapons.

Beowulf makes Herot Hall safe again. When he fights the dragon, Beowulf

needs help from his loyal follower Wiglaf.

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Multiple Choice

Poets during Anglo times were called “scops.”

Anglo-Saxon life was very difficult. It was stern and barbaric

Beowulf displayed “commitatus” or undying loyalty to King Higlac.

Generally, epic poems do not rhyme. A kenning combines two words to create a

metaphor. Ex. sky-candle for sun. The burial ship The Sutton-Hoo contained

important artifacts from the time period.

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Multiple Choice Continued

Beowulf boasted that he would fight Grendel without weapons.

Beowulf also killed Grendel’s mom by cutting off her head with a special sword.

His sword did not work because of a spell on Grendel’s mom’s flesh.

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Canterbury Tales: Matching and Multiple Choice

The Knight practiced “chivalry.” The Pardoner carried relics. The Nun liked animals. 29 Travelers made the pilgrimage. They traveled in the spring during the

month of April. Know the Pardoner’s Tale Know Federigo’s Falcon

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Vocabulary: Study the following:

Engendering Cloister Soverign Arbitrate Repine Whelk Preferement Secular Effigies Sanguine Guile frugality