Close Read: Analyze the Text Identify the choice that best answers the question. 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? A. Might makes right. B. Valor will triumph. C. Brains are superior to brawn. D. Wickedness cannot be defeated. Part B Which excerpt from Beowulf best supports the answer to Part A? A. Then he saw, hanging on the wall, a heavy / Sword, hammered by giants, strong / And blessed with their magic, the best of all weapons. . . . (lines 528–530) 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) C. 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) D. . . . 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)