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Beowulf: Christian Influences and Themes

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Beowulf: Christian Influences and Themes

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What is the relationship between Old English and contemporary British and American English?

Old English is a descendant of contemporary British and American English

Old English is unrelated to contemporary British and American English

Old English is the ancestor of contemporary British and American English (correct)

Old English is a variation of contemporary British and American English

Why did the Old Saxon poem not present problems to its English readers?

Because it was written in West Saxon dialect

Because it was written in a different century

Because it was written in Old English

Because it was transcribed and transliterated into the West Saxon dialect of Old English (correct)

What do Old English literature and other Germanic literatures have in common?

Christian stories only

Heroic stories only

No similarities

A body of heroic as well as Christian stories (correct)

Who are the major characters in Beowulf?

Pagan Danes and Geats Signup and view all the answers

What is the estimated time period when Beowulf was composed?

In the first half of the eighth century Signup and view all the answers

Why do the manuscripts of Old English poems not normally give any indication of title or authorship?

Because the titles were assigned by modern editors Signup and view all the answers

Where was the dialect of Beowulf originally composed?

In the Midlands of England Signup and view all the answers

In which dialect was Beowulf converted in the unique late-tenth-century manuscript?

The West-Saxon dialect Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the allusion to the ancestor of one of the kings of the Angles in Beowulf?

It is an obscure allusion Signup and view all the answers

Why is Beowulf considered one of the great long poems written in English?

Because it is one of the oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon epic poems Signup and view all the answers