Battle with Grendel
Why does Grendel hate the men in Heorot?
What is: He was irritated with the music and loud men/associates them with God and God's people and goodness and peace?
What are Grendel's mother's intentions at the start?
What is: To take revenge for her son (extension: she then lures and kills Beowulf)
How does Beowulf's perspective change at the end of the story?
What is: he mellows out and cares more about being a good guy/king than riches and glory?
Two-word poetic renamings of people, places, and things.
What is: A kenning?
Where was Beowulf from?
What is: Scandinavia/Geatland?
What does Beowulf do with Grendel's arm after it's ripped off?
What is: Hangs it in the mead hall/Heorot as a trophy?
What group forged the sword used to kill Grendel's mom?
What is: The giants!
True or false: All of Beowulf's men stay loyal to Beowulf at the end.
What is False: They leave him except for Wiglaf.
A type of long, narrative poem describing extraordinary deeds of a protagonist is called an...?
What is: An epic?
Where was Beowulf WRITTEN?
What does Beowulf fight Grendel with?
What is: His bare hands?
Beowulf takes this with him from Grendel's mother's lair and it takes four men to carry it to Hrothgar's table.
What is: Grendel's head?
What does the dragon represent?
What is: greed?
Repetition of beginning sounds. (Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers).
What is: Alliteration?
How many sea monsters did Beowulf say he slayed when talking to Unferth?
What is: 9?
Who is Cain?
What is: Adam and Eve's son that kills his brother Abel?
Why did the queen get mad at Hrothgar?
What is: She was worried her sons would not inherit the throne and Beowulf would?
What Tolkien character/s and story are inspired by the battle with the dragon?
What are: Smaug and Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit?
The name for a bard or poet/minstrel in Anglo-Saxon times.
What is a schop or scop?
Who was Hrothgar?
Who is The king of the Danes?
Why are the swords of Beowulf's men useless against Grendel?
What is, he has a magical spell on his skin that makes them blunt/an enchantment makes weapons useless?
What is the name of Hrothgar's good friend that died?
What is: Aeschere
What happened to Beowulf when he was running to kill the dragon?
What is: He went through a portal thing to face his inner demon.
"Hwaet! We Gardena in geardagum..." Is what language?
What are: Old English? (The first few lines of Beowulf)
What was Beowulf's original tribe?
Who are: The Geats?