Monsters and Battles in Beowulf
Beowulf Q's &
Characters
Epic Elements
Anglo-Saxon History
Miscellaneous
100
"I feel no shame, with shield and sword/And armor" (635-636)
Who is the dragon and Beowulf
100
The only one of Beowulf's men to aid him while fighting the dragon
Who is Wiglaf
100
A long narrative poem, sometimes developed orally, that celebrates the deeds of a legendary or heroic figure.
What is "the epic"
100
450-550
What is the legendary foundation of the English kingdoms
100
Name any three of the literary traditions present during the Anglo-Saxon period
What are: epic, hagiography, sermons, Bible translations, legal works, chronicles, riddles, Caedmon's Hymn
200
"that sin-stained demon/Had bewitched all man's weapons" (376-377)
Who is Grendel and the narrator
200
Who said this: "I've stood on these cliffs longer/Than you know, keeping our coast free/Of pirates (154-155)
Who is the watchman
200
"But Higlac's follower remembered his fina/Boast" (333-334)
What is a Kenning
200
597-627
What is the conversion to Christianity
200
A traveling minstrel who would perform narrative poems and somtimes play a harp
What is a scop
300
"a king, before, but now/ a beaten warrior" (707-708)
Who is the dragon and the narrator
300
How does Beowulf hear of the stories of Grendel?
What are stories from sailors
300
"And the Geats' ring-giver did not boast of glorious" (695)
What is an Epithet
300
871
What is when King Alfred the Great took the throne and resisted further Danish encroachment
300
A mournful, melancholic, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead
What is an elegy
400
"He'd have traveled to the bottom of the earth,/Edgetho's son, and died there, if that shingin Woven metal had not helped" (524-526)
Who is Grendel's mother and the narrator
400
Edgetho
Who is Beowulf's father, and known far and wide as a leader of men
400
"Out of the ocean, and killing them one" (252)
What is Assonance
400
1066
What is the Battle of Hastings (the Norman Conquest)-the end of the line for the Anglo-Saxons
400
What were the three most valued traits of the Anglo-Saxons?
What are loyalty, bravery, honor
500
"The body/jerked for the last time, then lay still" (562)
Who is Grendel's mtoehr and the narrator
500
Danish warrior who had questioned Beowulf's bravery before the battle with Grendel
Who is Unferth
500
"Then I went forth a friendless exile," from "The Wife's Lament" (9)
What is a Caesura
500
Celts and Brythons
What are the two groups from Southern Europe that invaded the British isles.
500
Hrunting
What is the sword given to Beowulf by Unferth
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