Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with____________?
Correct answer: C. admiration and elegiac sympathy.
- A. nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.
- B. bewilderment and visceral loathing.
- C. admiration and elegiac sympathy.
- D. bigotry and shallow triumphalism.
Explanation
The Beowulf poet views the pagan past with admiration for its heroic values but also with elegiac sympathy for a doomed world. This balanced Christian perspective is different from both complete nostalgia and outright condemnation.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? [email protected]
Practise Poetry
889 free Poetry MCQs from English Literature, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask English Literature questions like this
English Literature is on 2 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
More Poetry questions
Which of the following might be addressed/represented by pastoral poetry ?
Which of the following sixteenth-century poets was not a courtier ?
What was the general subject of theWelsh poet Katherine Philips's work ?
Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?
which of these is not certain about Chaucer ?
In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the "flowering"of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?