Name one of the main characters of the first section "Grendel Attacks...."
What is Grendel or Hrothgar.
100
Define alliteration.
What is repletion of consonant sounds at the beginnings of non rhyming words commonly used in poetry.
200
Who attacks Herot?
What is Grendel?
200
What is something shaped often with blows or pressure of heat.
What is forged?
200
Where does Grendel hear Hrothgar's men
In the Hall, at a feast.
200
Who did the Romans conquer to take over Britain?
What is the Celts.
200
Define symbol?
What is any object that exists on a literal level, but also represents something abstract.
300
Who are Cain and Abel (referred to in the story)?
What is the sons of Adam and Eve or people from the Bible.
300
What is a piece or plot of low and wet land?
What is marsh (or moor)?
300
For how many years was the hall empty?
12 years or 12 winters.
300
Name the 3 "Big Ideas" or major themes of the literature of the middle ages?
The Epic Warrior, The power of Faith, the world of romance.
300
The conflict in Grendel Attacks the Danes is symbolic of what?
What is the battle of Good vs. Evil.
400
Who did Grendel hear singing in the hall?
Who are the Danes?
400
What is notorious or having a bad reputation?
What is infamous?
400
Why does Grendel never touch the kings throne?
It is protected by God.
400
What germanic tribes entered Britain after the Romans left?
Angles, Saxons and Jutes.
400
Define allusion.
What is an indirect reference to someone or something well known.
500
What is a kenning used to describe Grendel?
What is "shadow of death" or "mankind's enemy".
500
What is a burial cloth?
What is shroud.
500
What is meant by "searched for rest in different beds" (lines 54 & 55)?
What is the ran away or left to escape Grendel.
500
Who was the Norman king of England that united Great Britain?
What is William the Conquerer.
500
Define protagonist and antagonist and tell who the protagonist and antagonist are in the section "Grendel Attacks the Danes"? Must get both to receive credit.