This character is the final foe Beowulf faces. He kills Beowulf.
Who is the Dragon?
100
This is the type of literature Beowulf is. It represents this genre.
What is an epic?
100
Grendel is descended from this brother killer.
Who is Cain?
100
This is why Beowulf travels from his home.
What is to kill Grendel and help the Danes?
200
This character is motivated by revenge. She wants to avenge her son's death.
Who is Grendel's mother?
200
This is where the warriors gather to celebrate. Grendel attacks it.
What is Herot, the mead hall?
200
This is the literary term for the protagonist of a narrative such as Beowulf.
What is the epic hero?
200
These religious references are the earliest in the poem. The refer to omens and the old stone gods.
What is pagan or druid or animism or Norse mythology?
200
This is one of the reasons why Grendel attacks.
What is - the music annoys him, he is evil, he is hungry.
300
This character represents evil and lives at the bottom of a mountain lake.
Who is Grendel?
300
This is where Beowulf battles the mother of Grendel.
What is in an underwater cave or lair?
300
This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds used abundantly by the Beowulf poet.
What is alliteration?
300
This is the term for a reference to something outside the text.
What is an allusion?
300
These are two examples Beowulf gives of his ability to kill evil monsters when he is talking to the king's men.
What is killing giants and sea monsters?
400
This character represents loyalty and helps Beowulf in his final battle.
Who is Wiglaf?
400
This is the place where Beowulf travels to help out the king and his people who are being attacked by a monster.
What is the land of the Danes? (Denmark)
400
This is the name for the poet or shaper who sang songs of heroes and strummed a harp.
What is a scop?
400
This is what it's called when Beowulf presents his "resume" of heroic deeds.
What is an epic boast?
400
This is how Beowulf kills Grendel.
What is ripping his arm off with his bare hands?
500
He is King of the Danes.
Who is Hrothgar?
500
This is Beowulf's homeland. He eventually becomes king of this land.
What is the land of the Geats? (Sweden/Geatland)
500
This is a metaphorical compound used by many Anglo-Saxon poets.
What is a kenning?
500
This is the literary term used when the poet says that Beowulf uttered his "final boast" or that Beowulf was fighting for the first time with fate against him.
What is foreshadowing?
500
This is how Beowulf kills the mother of Grendel and this is what he uses.
What is chopping her head off with a giant's sword?