The Hero
Monsters
Humans
Anglo-Saxon Poetry
The Epic and Epic Hero
100
Beowulf hails from this country.
What is Geatland?
100
As Grendel’s mother carries him off, Beowulf is attacked by these.
What are sea monsters?
100
Beowulf travels over the sea to help these people.
Who are the Danes?
100
The repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry. 
What is alliteration?
100
This may cover many places in an epic.
What is the setting?
200
Beowulf touts his accomplishment of driving this race from the earth.
What are the giants?
200
Creature Beowulf fights in his final battle.
What is a fire-breathing dragon?
200
Patriarch of the people helped by Beowulf.
Who is Hrothgar?
200
Phrase used in place of the thing it represents.
What is a kenning?
200
These figures play a role in the action of the epic.
What are gods or supernatural figures?
300
After his first battle, Beowulf hangs this trophy in the rafters.
What is Grendel's arm?
300
Grendel and his mother were the spawn of this Biblical figure.
Who is Cain?
300
He’s the one Geat who fights with Beowulf at the end.
Who is Wiglaf?
300
The practice of calling the son by the father's name.
What is a patronymic?
300
The epic hero is larger than this.
What is life?
400
Beowulf defeats Grendel’s mother using this weapon.
What is a sword that was forged by giants?
400
Grendel and his mother both attack using this physical feature.
What are their claws?
400
Beowulf is his son.
Who is Edgetho?
400
Adjectives or phrases added to a word or name that are used to express the characteristic of that person, thing, or idea.
What is an epithet?
400
The epic hero is able to use this in battle.
What is supernatural strength?
500
At the end of the poem, Beowulf is approximately this age.
What is in his seventies?
500
The creature Beowulf fights in the final battle is vindictive because a thief stole this.
What is a golden cup?
500
Individual who challenges Beowulf’s boasting.
Who is Unferth?
500
Break in a line of poetry that is not usually found outside of Anglo-Saxon literature.
What is a caesura?
500
The epic hero displays both of these opposing qualities.
What are virtues and faults?
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