Characters
Descriptive Language
Words & Stuff
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Quotes
100
The King of the danes is ________________________
Hrothgar
100
Which character was described scratching "his boil with a grimy fingernail"?
Unferth
100
What vocabulary word is where Grendel and his mother live?
Fen
100
Beowulf is from the land of the
Geats
100
Who said, "You killed him! He was beautiful, and you killed him!"?
Unferth
200
Who killed Unferth?
She/ Grendel's Mother
200
Who "made a noise in its throat like the crunching of bones or the sudden fracture of ice underfoot"?
Grendel
200
What was a retainer?
Someone who was paid to protect a person or family
200
The rotten apple Beowulf eats comes from where?
The Witches apple orchard
200
Explain "The truly good man finds good where he can."
Everyone has some good in them. Nothing and no one person is all bad.
300
Who gave Beowulf a golden ring?
Wealhtheow
300
Who lived in the place that was described as having "dry bones everywhere amongst the marsh grasses and... pools (that) stank of centuries of decay"?
Grendel's Mother
300
What word means "one who can not be overcome or defeated"?
indomitable
300
Where does Beowulf put Unferth's head?
He burries it.
300
Who wants the "vile, treacherous coward Unferth" killed?
Hrothgar
400
How many war lords were invited to join Hrothgar in fighting Grendel?
9
400
What was described as "curved and terrible, far too heavy for mortal fighting,plainly the work of giants."
The sword from Her(Grendel's mother) Den
400
What is the name of the type of ship that the Vikings used in this time period?
Longboat
400
Where do Sigemund and Fitela defeat the 4 headed dragon?
Silver Rock Island
400
Who said "Sleep deep and never wake again"?
Beowulf
500
Who did Beowulf give his sword to?
The coastguard
500
Who was described as being "beautiful and wise, with a creamy brow, and poppies in her cheeks" ?
Beowulf's Queen or Queen Hygd
500
Why did Beowulf not want to be King the first time he was asked?
There was a true heir to the thrown, King Hygelac's son.
500
Where did Scyld Sceffing return to as he was dying?
The Ocean
500
What three words does Hardred say that convinces Beowulf he should be king? Some points for each word
Mercy, Pity, Peace
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