Battle with Grendel
Battle with Grendel's Mother
Battle with the Dragon
Terms
People, places & things
100
What causes Grendel to enter Herot in the beginning
What is he was irritated with the music and loud men
100

Where the Battle with Grendel's Mother took place

What is underwater lair

100

What did Beowulf ask Wiglaf to do before he died?

What is to go and get the treasure so he can see his reward or to build him a monument by the sea so all can remember his name

100
A long narrative peom
What is an epic
100
The name of Beowulf's sword
What is Hrunting
200
How Beowulf kills Grendel
What is he rips his arm off with his bare hands
200

Beowulf uses this to kill Grendel's Mother

What is the giants' sword from the lairs wall

200
Comes to Beowulf's rescue

Wiglaf

200

repetition of beginning sounds

alliteration

200
Hrothgar builds this in celebration of the Danes' victory
What is Herot
300
Grendel casts a spell on this
What is the men's weapons
300

Beowulf takes this with them from Grendel's Mother's Lair

What is Grendel's head

300

true or false: Wiglaf thinks he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because then they can claim the treasure.

What is False: He thinks they will help because they had already promised to repay Beowulf's kindness with their lives

300
A rhythmic break in the middle of lines
What is caesura
300

Where the main story/battles take place.

What is Denmark?
400
Why did Beowulf keep Grendel's arm after killing him
What is to keep is as a trophy
400
What was Grendel's Mothers intentions
What is to seek revenge for her son's death
400

What happens to the dragon's treasure?

What is it is buried in the monument/tower they built for beowulf

400
two-word poetic renamings of people, places, and things
What is a kenning
400
The King of the Danes
What is Hrothgar
500

What characteristic does Beowulf show during the Battle with Grendel

What is bravery

500

Why does Grendel's mother only kill one soldier in the beginning

What is to lure Beowulf into her lair, and make the king feel her pain

500

How does Beowulf kill the dragon?

What is he stabs him

500

Mead Hall where the Danes lived

What is Herot?

500

King of the Geats for 50 years

Who is Beowulf?

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