Second Quarter Examination

Reviewer: English 9
Test I: Compound Nouns: Kennings
1. The house where bees live is called a ____.
A) beehive C) bee home
B) bee house D) beetles

2. It is always fun to let your hair fly in the wind and ride a 2-wheeled _____.
A) jeep C. motorcycle
B) tricycle D. pedicab

Test II: Identification: Beowulf

1. How does Beowulf die?
A) He dies of old age.
B) The dragon’s fire and fangs fatally wound him.
C) Wiglaf kills him in order to become King of the Geats.
D) He sails away and is never seen again.

2. Where does Grendel’s mother live?

A) at the top of a mountain
B) at the top of a tree
C) at the bottom of the ocean
D) at the bottom of a lake

Test III: Punctuation: From the choices below, select the correctly punctuated
sentence.
1.
A) Tims gran, a formidable woman, always bought him chocolate, cakes, sweets
and a nice fresh apple.
B) Tim's gran a formidable woman always bought him chocolate, cakes, sweets and
a nice fresh apple.
C) Tim's gran, a formidable woman, always bought him chocolate cakes sweets and
a nice fresh apple.
D) Tim's gran, a formidable woman, always bought him chocolate, cakes, sweets
and a nice fresh apple.

2.
A) That tall man, Paul's grandfather, is this month's winner.
B) That tall man Paul's grandfather is this month's winner.
C) That tall man, Paul's grandfather, is this months winner.
D) That tall man, Pauls grandfather, is this month's winner.

Test IV: Essay.

1. How does Beowulf kill Grendel’s mother?
2. Who is Grendel descended from?
3. What Pagan religious traditions are evident in Beowulf, and how do they affect the
poem?
4. How are the concepts of good and evil presented in Beowulf?
5. Does Beowulf control his own actions through choice, or is he driven by something
out of his control?