The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A Which of the following best summarizes the theme, or main lesson, of Beowulf? [CHOOSE FROM
ANSWERS A THROUGH D.]
Part B Which excerpt from Beowulf best supports the answer to Part A? [CHOOSE FROM ANSWERS E
THROUGH H.)
a.
(Part A) Might makes right.
b. (Part A) Valor will triumph.
c. (Part A) Brains are superior to brawn.
d. (Part A) Wickedness cannot be defeated.
e. (Part B) Then he saw, hanging on the wall, a heavy / Sword, hammered by giants, strong
7 And blessed with their magic, the best of all weapons(lines 528-530)
f. (Part B) But so massive [a sword] that no ordinary man could lift [it]. . . / He drew it /
From its scabbard ... / lifted it high over his head / And struck with all the strength he
had left. (lines 531-536)
g. (Part 3) They spoke about Beowulf, / All the graybeards, whispered together / And said
that hope was gone, that the hero / Had lost fame and his life at once, and would never /
Return to the living (lines 564–568)
h. (Part 1)... Then the Geats' brave prince entered / Herot, covered with glory for the
daring / Battles he had fought; he sought Hrothgar / To salute him and show Grendel's
head. (lines 613-616)