Definition: something done to make amends for loss or suffering
What is a reparation?
100
"He slipped through the door and there in the silence/ Snatched up thirty men, smashed them/ Unknowing in their beds"
What is alliteration (or hyperbole)
100
This is the manner in which Beowulf decides to fight Grendel.
What is with his bare hands? (without weapons, etc.)
100
This is the narrator of "The Husband's Message".
Who is the letter?
200
The Anglo-Saxons were initially attracted to Christianity for this reason.
What is a promise of the afterlife?
200
Definition: a journey to a sacred place or with a lofty purpose.
What is a pilgrimage?
200
"That shepherd of evil, guardian of crime"
What is a kenning?
200
This is the main struggle that the battles between Beowulf and the monsters represent.
What is good vs. evil?
200
This is the reason why the narrator is lamenting in "The Wife's Lament."
What is exile (or separation from her husband)?
300
This is the name of the corpus of Anglo-Saxon literature where we find most of the poetry, riddles, etc.
What is the Exeter Book?
300
Definition: an audible expression of grief; wail
What is a lament?
300
"Almighty God"
What is a stock epithet?
300
This is one Anglo-Saxon value that Beowulf represents.
What is courage, sense of duty, trust in Fate, etc.?
300
This is the mood of the narrator in "The Wife's Lament".
What is depressed, lonely, heartbroken, bitter, upset?
400
This writing system was used primarily for inscriptions
What is the runic alphabet?
400
Definition: a bard
What is a scop?
400
This is the feeling a reader senses from the text.
What is mood?
400
This is an example of the application of epic characteristics of plot in Beowulf. (give the epic characteristic AS WELL AS how it's applied in Beowulf)
What is: supernatural beings such as Grendel/Grendel's mother/dragon; a long and dangerous journey such as the Geats' voyage to Denmark or Beowulf's journey down to the bottom of the lake.
400
This is where the narrator is staying in "The Wife's Lament".
What is a cave (or a tomb)?
500
He led the initial Roman invasion of Britain.
Who is Julius Caesar?
500
Definition: fate
What is wyrd?
500
"Its benches rattled, fell/ To the floor, gold-covered boards grating/ As Beowulf and Grendel battled across them./ Hrothgar's wisest men had fashioned Herot/ to stand forever; only fire,/ They had planned, could.../ swallow in hot flames such splendor/ Of ivory and iron and wood."
What is ekphrasis?
500
This is the most powerful element in Beowulf.
What is fire?
500
This is the underlying tragedy in "The Husband's Message".
What is the uncertainty of whether or not the wife got the letter?