Anglo-Saxon/Beowulf Background Quiz

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Across
  1. 1. Beowulf represents this
  2. 5. used to replace a concrete noun
  3. 6. must undertake a quest to achieve value
  4. 9. companionship
  5. 10. marks the beginning of English Literature
  6. 13. offered a happy afterlife
  7. 14. believed in supernatural beings and monsters
  8. 16. feelings of world, nature, and God
  9. 19. dramatic pause in the middle of a line of poetry
  10. 20. Anglo-Saxon view of fate
  11. 21. pagan sundial and christian cross
  12. 25. being known or glorified in the afterlife
  13. 28. language that appeals to emotion
  14. 29. when the hero brags to gain LOF
  15. 31. formal and serious
  16. 32. over many years and different landscapes
  17. 33. Beowulf's tribe
Down
  1. 2. Beowulf was written in this
  2. 3. most likely was the first storyteller of Beowulf
  3. 4. long narrative poem with hero adventures
  4. 7. replacing a name with a descriptive phrase
  5. 8. repetition of beginning consonant sound
  6. 11. pleasing to the ear
  7. 12. events beyond a person's control
  8. 15. language that appeals to logic
  9. 17. number of battles EPIC poems are often divided into
  10. 18. represents greed and evil
  11. 22. believed in heaven
  12. 23. often performed in the mead hall
  13. 24. where warriors would gather to tell stories
  14. 26. language that appeals to a person's crediblity
  15. 27. place where only manuscript of Beowulf resides
  16. 30. good vs evil