Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in " ". 1. nobody understood her "blithe" response to her family's misfortunes. a. determined b. angry c. happy d. detached 2. the jury watched the defendant's face "blanch" as the charges were read. a. become red b. become sad c. become pale d. become angry 3. the dog was the toddler's friend, companion, and "sentinel". a. partner b. opponent c. neighbor d. protector 9. from beowulf, "grendel," "the coming of grendel," and "the battle with grendel" when grendel attacked herot a second time, those who survived did so because they a. hid b. prayed c. resisted d. fled 10. from beowulf, "grendel's mother" and "the battle with grendel's mother" who displays the anglo-saxon value of loyalty as beowulf battles grendel's mother? a. it was originally written in old english b. it describes true events c. it reflects both christian and pagan influences d. it describes supernatural monsters 11. from beowulf, "grendel's mother" and the battle with grendel's mother" which of these qualify beowulf as an epic poem? a. the danes, by returning to herot b. the geats, as they wait by the lake c. the danes, as they wait by the lake d. the geats, by returning to herot 12. from beowulf, "grendel's mother" and the battle with grendel's mother which of these explains why beowulf removes the head of the already-dead grendel? a. it was a final act of mercy b. it was a desperate attempt to escape c. it was an additional act of revenge d. it was an angry admission of defeat 13. from beowulf,"the battle with the dragon" and "the death of beowulf" who is the protagonist in "the battle with the dragon? a. beowulf b. hrothgar c. the dragon d. the frisians 14. from the exeter book, "the wanderer, "and "the wife's lament" which of these best describes the tone of "the wanderer," and "the wife's lament? " a. contentment b. longing c. confusion d. blitheness 15. from the exeter book, "the wanderer, "and "the wife's lament" in "the seafarer, "which of the following is named as a threat issued by fate? a. illness b. profit c. shipwreck d. loneliness 16. which two readings portray the most similar pair of protagonists? a. "the seafarer" and "the wife's lament" b. "the wanderer" and "the death of beowulf" c. "the wife's lament" and "grendel's mother" d."the seafarer" and "the wanderer"