Beowulf 1
Beowulf 2
Anglo-Saxon 1
Anglo-Saxon 2
100
Who wrote the story of Beowulf?
What is an anonymous/unknown writer
100
Who helped Beowulf fight the dragon?
Who is Wiglaf
100
What do Anglo-Saxon riddles display?
What is an object
100
A trait of a hero
What is loyalty
200
What kind of story is Beowulf?
What is a folk epic
200
Who was Grendel a decendant of?
Who is Cain
200
What is a scop?
What is someone who recieted poetry on the spot spontaneously
200
An Anglo-Saxon belief
What is fate
300
Why is Beowulf considered a hero?
He killed Grendel and Grendel's mother.
300
How does Beowulf die?
killed by the dragon
300
Each riddle is an extended form of what?
What is Personification
300
The repetition of consonants at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration
400
How did Grendel wake up and start bothering the men?
What is he heard them partying in the mead-hall
400
Unferth ____ Beowulf
What is taunts
400
What is a caesura?
What is a pause in a line of verse
400
Beowulf's homeland
What is Geatland
500
What are their halls/castles called and which one is the most popular?
What is a Mead-Hall, and Heorot
500
_____ does not believe Beowulf is as heroic as Beowulf says
Who is Unferth
500
What is an analogy?
What is a comparison made between two objects,situations, or ideas that are alike but unlike
500
What does Beowulf's name mean?
What is Bear's Son
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