Read the passage from beowulf.

the hero arose, surrounded closely
by his powerful thanes. a party remained
under orders to keep watch on the arms;
the rest proceeded, led by their prince
under heorot’s roof.
and standing on the hearth
in webbed links that the smith had woven,
the fine-forged mesh of his gleaming mail-shirt,
resolute in his helmet, beowulf spoke:

which word from the passage is a feature of anglo-saxon culture?

powerful
thanes
roof
gleaming

The correct answer is B) Thanes.

The word from the passage that is a feature of Anglo-Saxon culture is thanes.

In Anglo-Saxon Britain, a thane is a noun. It meant a  man that hold portions of land that belonged to the monarchy. Many times the thane was a distinctive military man that received theses portions of land in exchange for its services to the king.

martians or other types of aliens represent a unique fear as opposed to zombies. vampires and other types of monsters.   in most sci-fi stories, aliens come from other worlds and have different or more advanced technology.   abductions and experimentation on human bodies that involve these technologies, or the use of these technologies against human beings and the use of unknown "powers", are a type of fear that's different from that of other types of monsters.  

c. a group of tribes that formed a confederacy