Q.1.
Read Anja's inference about Hrothgar.Despite Grendel's success in killing Hrothgar's men, Hrothgar's faith in God remained unshaken.Which passage best supports her inference?
Q.2.
Old English developed from tribes.
Q.3.
Read the passage from Beowulf."It bothers me to have to burden anyonewith all the grief Grendel has causedand the havoc he has wreaked upon us in Heorot,our humiliations. My household-guardare on the wane, fate sweeps them awayinto Grendel's clutches—but God can easilyhalt these raids and harrowing attacks!Which interpretation of Beowulf does the passage best support?
Q.4.
Read the passage from Beowulf.From where he crouched at the king's feet,Unferth, a son of Ecglaf's, spokecontrary words. Beowulf's coming,his sea-braving, made him sick with envy:he could not brook or abide the factthat anyone else alive under heavenmight enjoy greater regard than he did:The passage supports the inference that Unferth is
Q.5.
Read the passage from Beowulf.The hero arose, surrounded closelyby his powerful thanes. A party remainedunder orders to keep watch on the arms;the rest proceeded, led by their princeunder Heorot's roof.And standing on the hearthin webbed links that the smith had woven,the fine-forged mesh of his gleaming mail-shirt,resolute in his helmet, Beowulf spoke:Which word from the passage is a feature of Anglo-Saxon culture?
Q.6.
refers to a conclusion based on evidence in the text.
Q.7.
Both Old English and modern English poetry use alliteration, which isa long pause.