Question

3. Which two parts of this excerpt from Beowulf denote the importance of kinship and lineage? Choices are marked with letters in ( ). "I have been strand-guard, standing as warden, Lest enemies ever anywise ravage Danish dominions with army of war-ships. More boldly never have warriors ventured Hither to come; (A) of kinsmen's approval,Word-leave of warriors, I ween that ye surely (B) Nothing have known. Never a greater one (C) Of earls o’er the earth have I had a sight of Than is one of your number, a hero in armor; No low-ranking fellow adorned with his weapons, But launching them little, unless looks are deceiving,And striking appearance. Ere ye pass on your journey As treacherous spies to the land of the Scyldings And farther fare, I fully must know now (D) What race ye belong to. Ye far-away dwellers,Sea-faring sailors, my simple opinion Hear ye and hearken: haste is most fitting Plainly to tell me what place ye are come from.” *

Answer 1

Kinship: "A blood relationship,sharing the same origins as someone else."

Lineage: "(Lineal) descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree."

(Lineal): "In a direct line of descent or ancestry."



Right off the bat u could cross off answer option B due to the fact it shows absolutely nothing about "Kinship" nor "Lineage" at all.



Now as u are looking at option A it includes the word "Kinsmen's".


Kinmens: "A man who is one of a person's blood relations."

So it would fit perfectly as a answer.


This leaves answer options C and D,which do u think is correct and why?