A. Hrothgar believes it is important to stay focused on revenge.
B. Pride is one of the deadly sins.
C. Pride causes one to appear immodest.
D. Extreme pride can cause one to be overly secure and make mistakes.
Related Mcqs:
- Beowulf introduces the reader to the life of a thegn. Which of the following best describes the role of the thegn ?
A. The thegn is a warrior who has sworn his loyalty to an Anglo-Saxon lord.
B. The thegn is a class of protocapitalism opposed to the guild system.
C. The thegn is a warrior who pays money in exchange for exemption from military service.
D. The thegn is an Anglo-Saxon lord who partakes in the comitatus ethic. - In Beowulf, what does the representation of Hrothgar suggest about rulers ?
A. Kings often used generous gifts to recruit their followers.
B. It was necessary for kings to fight in order to keep their power.
C. The ability to attract fellow warriors was a necessary attribute of power.
D. All of these answers - What was the function of the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle ?
A. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the history of the continuity and persistence of Anglo-Saxon culture in Old English.
B. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle offers a lay person’s perspective on Anglo-Saxon history.
C. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle focuses on the courtly adventures of Anglo-Saxon English.
D. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle presents an accurate description of the Second and Third Crusades. - Despite the fact that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle continued well into the Norman rule of the 12th century, which king originally commissioned this work ?
A. King Harold
B. King Arthur
C. William the Conqueror
D. Alfred the Great - In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?
A. banishment to Asia
B. everlasting shame
C. conversion to Christianity
D. being buried alive - In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance ?
A. banishment to Asia
B. everlasting shame
C. conversion to Christianity
D. mild melancholia - I know that many say that they are willing, perhaps the majority of the people, that we should enjoy our rights and privileges as they do. If so, I would ask why are not we protected in our persons and property throughout the Union? Is it not because there reigns in the breast of many who are leaders, a most unrighteous, unbecoming and impure black principle, and as corrupt and unholy as it can be–while these very same unfeeling, self-esteemed characters pretend to take the skin as a pretext to keep us from our unalienable and lawful rights? I would ask you if you would like to be disfranchised from all your rights, merely because your skin is white, and for no other crime? I’ll venture to say, these very characters who hold the skin to be such a barrier in the way, would be the first to cry out, injustice! Awful injustice! ?
A. Fredrick Douglass
B. John Winthrop
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. William Apess - In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?
A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.
B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.
C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
D. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this - Why is the presence of the comitatus ethic in Beowulf significant ?
A. The comitatus ethic represents the shift from a nomadic to a more organized social structure.
B. The comitatus ethic is evidence of a period in which behavior was guided by Christian ethics.
C. The comitatus ethic shows a historical return to older types of political organization.
D. The comitatus ethic represents a culture in which rulers had no responsibilities to their citizens. - Gerald Graff’s “They Say, I Say” encourages students to become______________?
A. passive readers and critics of literary texts.
B. involved in critical conversations about literary texts.
C. capable of realizing that the viewpoints of some critics are more important than others.
D. aware that Hamlet is a remarkable work of literature.
