Battle with Grendel
Battle with Grendel's Mother
Anglo Saxon History
Beowulf
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 or swamp

100

Why is Grendel banished

What is he is descendant of Cain

100

Who is Beowulf?

What is a geat? What is the strongest man?

100

Who is Wulfgar?

What is one of Hrothgar's soldiers?

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 sword from the cave wall
200

What was housing like during the Anglo Saxon period?

What are huts? What is straw on the floor? What is animal waste?

200

How does Beowulf fight Grendel?

What are no weapons? What are bare hands?

200

What is the name of the mead hall?

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

What was the life expectancy like for men and women?

What is 50 years old for a man? What is 30 years old for a woman?

300

How does Beowulf die?

What is a dragon?

300
The country where Beowulf is from
What is Geatland
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
How long Grendel was terrorizing Herot before Beowulf came to the rescue
What is 12 years (12 winters)
400

Who does Beowulf choose as his successor?

Who is Wiglaf?

400
The King of the Danes
What is Hrothgar
500
What characteristic does Beowulf show during the Battle with Grendel
What is bravery
500

What was different about the battle with Grendel's mother?

What are weapons? 

500
What are two of the values/beliefs of Anglo-Saxon life
What is loyalty, bravery, honor, fate
500

What qualities make Beowulf an epic hero?

What is bravery, courage, strength, leadership?

500
The name of Beowulf's uncle
What is Higlac
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