Which prose work immediately precedes Beowulf in the Nowell Codex?
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Letter of Alexander to Aristotle
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Which prose work immediately precedes Beowulf in the Nowell Codex?
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Letter of Alexander to Aristotle
The Nowell Codex is named after which 16th-century antiquarian?
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Laurence Nowell
Which Roman emperor’s bust gave Cotton Vitellius A XV the name “Vitellius”?
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Vitellius
At which Danish archaeological site were mid-6th-century halls linked with Heorot found?
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Lejre
What Latin phrase describes Beowulf beginning “in the middle of things”?
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in medias res
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The Nowell Codex is named after which 16th-century antiquarian?
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What Latin phrase describes Beowulf beginning “in the middle of things”?
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in medias res
Which monster's arm is torn off before he dies in his lair?
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Grendel