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Cards in this set: Term RUNIC Definition ANGLO-SAXON ALPHABET Term MONASTERIES Definition THEY PRESERVED SOME OLDER TRADITIONS BY RECORDING AND REWRITING GREAT WORKS OF LITERATURE Term HILD (HILDEGARD VON BINGEN) Definition THE ABBESS OF WHITBY Term LATIN Definition THE LANGUAGE OF THE CHURCH AND OF EDUCATED PEOPLE Term SUTTON HOO Definition ANGLO-SAXON BURIAL SHIP WITH TREASURE DISCOVERED IN THE 1930'S Term FAME Definition TO THE ANGLE-SAXONS, ONLY ____ COULD PROVIDE A DEFENSE AGAINST DEATH Term OLD ENGLISH Definition THE LANGUAGE OF THE ANGLO-SAXON COMMON PEOPLE Term WITAN Definition GROUP OF "WISE MEN" WHO ACTED AS ADVISORS TO THE KING Term ARTHUR Definition BRITAIN'S "ONCE AND FUTURE KING" Term ANGLES Definition ENGLAND RECEIVED ITS MODERN NAME FROM THIS GROUP Term NORMAN CONQUEST Definition THIS EVENT HAPPENED IN A.D. 1066 AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF ENGLISH HISTORY Term ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS Definition BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED WORKS OF CALLIGRAPHY Term DRUIDS Definition CELTIC PRIESTS WERE CALLED Term ANGLES, SAXONS, AND JUTES Definition THE 3 GROUPS OF 5TH CENTURY INVADERS WHO CAME FROM DENMARK AND GERMANY WERE THE Term STONEHENGE Definition THE NAME OF THE GREAT CIRCLE OF STANDING STONES ON SALISBURY PLAIN IS Term BOADICEA Definition THE BRITON QUEEN WHO LED HER TRIBE IN A FRENZIED ATTACK AGAINST THE ROMAN INVADERS WAS Term W AND F Definition 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." Term G AND F Definition IN THE FOLLOWING LINE, WHICH LETTERS ARE ALLITERATED? "GRIM AND GREEDY, THE GRUESOME MONSTER, FIERCE AND FURIOUS, LAUNCHED HIS ATTACK." Term F AND D Definition IN THE FOLLOWING LINE, WHICH LETTERS ARE ALLITERATED? "...FLEE TO THE DARKNESS, TO THE FELLOWSHIP OF DEMONS" Term YES Definition IS WINE-HALL AN EXAMPLE OF A KENNING? Term YES Definition IS HEARTH-COMPANION AN EXAMPLE OF A KENNING? Term NO Definition IS WEAPONS AND ARMOR AN EXAMPLE OF A KENNING? Term C. MY OLDER BROTHER, A FAR BETTER MAN Definition 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 Term KENNING Definition A METAPHORICAL COMPOUND WORK THAT RENAMES OR DESCRIBES SOMETHING ELSE Term CAESURA Definition A PAUSE OF BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF A LINE OF POETRY Term ALLITERATION Definition THE REPETITION OF SOUNDS Term HROTHGAR Definition KING OF THE DANES WHO HAS BEEN TERRORIZED BY A MONSTER FOR 12 YEARS Term GRENDEL Definition GRUESOME MONSTER WHO TERRORIZED THE DANES FOR 12 YEARS Term MEAD Definition A FERMENTED BEVERAGE MADE FROM WATER, HONEY, MALT, AND YEAST Term HEOROT Definition THE NAME OF THE GREATEST MEAD HALL EVER BUILT Term BOAR'S HEAD Definition WHAT EMBLEM APPEARED ON THE GEAT'S HELMETS? Term WITH NO WEAPONS AT ALL, BUT HAND-TO-HAND Definition HOW DOES BEOWULF PROPOSE TO FIGHT GRENDEL? Term GRENDEL Definition "DEATH-SHADOW" IS USED OFTEN AS A KENNING FOR _______. Term THE MEAD-HALL Definition WHERE DO BEOWULF AND HIS THANES SLEEP? Term HE GRABBED A SLEEPING WARRIOR, RIPPED HIM APART, AND ATE HIM. Definition WHAT DID GRENDEL DO WHEN HE FIRST ENTERED THE MEAD-HALL? Term HE HAD NEVER MET A MAN SO STRONG Definition WHAT SURPRISED GRENDEL ABOUT BEOWULF? Term ESCAPE FROM BEOWULF'S GRIP Definition AS BEOWULF AND GRENDEL FOUGHT, WHAT DID GRENDEL DISCOVER HE COULD NOT DO? Term BECAUSE GRENDEL HAS CAST A SPELL TO PROTECT HIMSELF AGAINST SWORDS OT WEAPONS OF ANY KIND. Definition WHY COULD BEOWULF'S MEN NOT HELP THEIR LEADER? Term PULLED HIS ARM OUT OF THE SOCKET AND RIPPED IT FROM HIS BODY Definition HOW DID BEOWULF DEFEAT GRENDEL? Term GRENDEL'S ARM Definition WHAT DID BEOWULF KEEP AS HIS VICTORY TROPHY? Term WITH TREASURE Definition HOW DID KING HROTHGAR REWARD BEOWULF? Term REVENGE Definition WHAT IS THE REASON GRENDEL'S MOTHER ATTACKS HEOROT? Term SHE KILLED HIS BEST FRIEND, AESCHERE Definition WHY WAS THE ATTACK BY GRENDEL'S MOTHER SO ESPECIALLY PAINFUL FOR KING HROTHGAR? Term THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE WARRIORS WHO HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY Definition WHAT GRUESOME DISCOVERY DID THE WARRIORS MAKE AS THEY FOLLOWED THE MONSTER'S TRACKS? Term IN AN OPEN CAVE AT THE BOTTOM OF A BOILING LAKE Definition WHERE DID GRENDEL AND HIS MOTHER LIVE? Term D. LIONS Definition 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 Term HIS ARMOR Definition WHAT PROTECTED BEOWULF FROM THE MOTHER'S SHARP CLAWS? Term BATTLE-FLASHER Definition WHAT KENNING RENAMES BEOWULF'S SWORD? Term A GIANT'S SWORD Definition WHEN HIS OWN SWORD HAS NO EFFECT ON THE MONSTER, WHAT WEAPON DOES BEOWULF THEN USE? Term HILT Definition WHAT IS THE HANDLE OF THE SWORD CALLED? Term IT MELTED Definition WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BLADE OF THE SWORD AFTER BEOWULF CHOPPED OFF HER HEAD? Term 50 Definition HOW MANY YEARS DID BEOWULF RULE AS KING IN GEATLAND? Term THE MONSTER'S HEAD Definition IN ADDITION TO KEEPING THE HILT OF THE SWORD, WHAT ELSE DID BEOWULF KEEP AS A TROPHY? Term 300 YEARS Definition HOW LONG HAD THE DRAGON BEEN GUARDING HIS TREASURE? Term REVENGE AGAINST THE THEFT OF A CUP FROM HIS TREASURE HOARD Definition FOR WHAT REASON DID THE DRAGON ATTACK BEOWULF'S KINGDOM? Term B AND F Definition WHAT LETTERS ARE ALLITERATED IN THE FOLLOWING LINE? "THE BALEFUL STRANGER, BELCHING FIRE AND FLAME, BURNT THE BRIGHT DWELLINGS..." Term IRON Definition BEOWULF ORDERED A SPECIAL SHIELD MADE OF WHAT TO FIGHT THE DRAGON? Term DRAGON Definition THE TERMS "DRAKE" AND "WORK" ARE OFTEN USED TO IDENTIFY WHAT? Term WIGLAF Definition WHO WAS THE ONLY LOYAL WARRIOR WHO WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO HELP BEOWULF FIGHT AGAINST THE DRAGON? Term IN THE THROAT Definition HOW IS BEOWULF WOUNDED? Term BEOWULF Definition WHO STRIKES THE FINAL, KILLING BLOW TO THE DRAGON? Term THAT BEOWULF'S MEN DESERTED HIM Definition WHAT IS THE REAL TRAGEDY OF THIS LAST, GREAT BATTLE SCENE? Term A GRAVE MOUND Definition WHAT IS A BARROW? Term A DRINKING VESSEL Definition WHAT IS A FLAGON? Term FATHER OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Definition BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTANT PLACE IN ENGLISH LITERARY HISTORY, WHAT NAME HAS BEEN GIVEN TO CHAUCER? Term TOMB OF ST. THOMAS A BECKET Definition THE PILGRIMS IN THE STORY ARE TRAVELING TO THE Term JUST AS GREEDY FOR MONEY AS WERE THE SUBJECTS OF HIS TALE Definition IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT THE PARDONER TELLS HIS TALE BECAUSE Term THE PARDONER Definition WHOM DOES THE CHAUCER DESCRIBE AS A SLEAZY CON ARTIST, AN EXCELLENT SERMON GIVER, AND HAS A VOICE LIKE A GOAT? Term DRUNK Definition ALL THREE MEN IN THE STORY ARE Term FAKE HOLY RELICS Definition IN ADDITION TO SELLING PARDONS, THE PARDONER ALSO SELLS Term SLAY DEATH Definition WHEN THEY HEARD OF THE PLAGUE KILLING THEIR GOOD FRIEND, THEY SWEAR THAT THEY WILL Term A COFFIN BELL Definition IN THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY, WHAT DO THE THREE MEN HEAR? Term DEATH Definition WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER THE OLD MAN? Term THE YOUNGEST MAN Definition WHO WAS THE FIRST TO FIND DEATH IN THE STORY? Term THE YOUNGEST MAN Definition WHO GOES TO TOWN FOR BREAD AND ALE? Term GOLDEN FLORINS Definition WHAT DO THEY FIND UNDER A TREE? Term DEATH Definition WHAT DOES THE OLD MAN SYMBOLIZE IN THE STORY? Term POISONED Definition HOW DO THE TWO OLDER MEN DIE? Term STABBED Definition HOW DOES THE YOUNGEST MAN DIE? Term HIS LIFE Definition WHAT DOES DEATH NOT WANT TO TAKE FROM THE OLD MAN? Term THE BUBONIC PLAGUE Definition THE EVENTS OF THIS TALE ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH A GREAT DISASTER OF CHAUCER'S TIME. WHAT WAS IT? Term TO KILL RATS AND A POLECAT Definition WHAT REASON DID THE YOUNG MAN GIVE FOR BUYING THE POISON? Term INSOLENCE Definition THE THREE MEN BEHAVE TOWARD THE OLD MAN WITH Term PLAN TO KILL HIM WHEN HE RETURNS Definition AS SOON AS ONE OF THE MEN WENT TO TOWN, THE OTHER TWO... Term POISON THE OTHERS AND KEEP THE TREASURE HIMSELF Definition THE MAN WHO WENT TO TOWN DECIDES THAT HE WILL Term MURDER HIM Definition WHEN HE RETURNS, HIS PARTNERS Term THE LAST MAN DRINKS THE POISONED WINE AND DIES Definition FINALLY... Term YEAR AND A DAY Definition AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TALE, THE KNIGHT IS GIVEN A ______________ TO FIND OUT WHAT WOMEN MOST DESIRE. Term EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT ANSWERS Definition WHAT IS THE MAIN PROBLEM THE KNIGHT ENCOUNTERS WHILE SEEKING THE ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION? Term KING MIDAS Definition TO ILLUSTRATE WOMEN'S INABILITY TO KEEP A SECRET, WE ARE TOLD THE STORY OF Term AN OLD WOMAN Definition FINALLY, THE KNIGHT MEETS ____________ AND IS TOLD WHAT WOMEN MOST DESIRE. Term DO WHATEVER HE IS ASKED TO DO Definition THE KNIGHT PROMISES THAT IF HE IS TOLD THE CORRECT ANSWER, HE WILL Term HAVE CONTROL OVER HUSBANDS AND LOVERS Definition THE KNIGHT TELLS THE ASSEMBLED COURT THAT WHAT WOMEN MOST WANT IS TO Term MARRY THE OLD WOMAN Definition HAVING GIVEN THE CORRECT ANSWER, THE KNIGHT MUST NOW FULFILL HIS PLEDGE AND Term DISGUSTED BY Definition ON THE WEDDING DAY, THE KNIGHT IS ____________ HIS BRIDE. Term IS KIND AND CONSIDERATE Definition THE BRIDE TELLS HER KNIGHT THAT A GENTLEMAN OR A LADY IS ONE WHO Term YOUNG AND LOVELY, RICH IN CHARMS Definition WHEN THE KNIGHT DRAWS BACK THE CURTAIN TO KISS HIS WIFE, HE DISCOVERS SHE IS