Vocab
The vocabulary word that means "to pretend."
What is "purport"?
The final creature that Beowulf battled, who killed him
What is the dragon?
Beowulf becomes the King of the Geats.
True
The author of Beowulf
We don't know!
The Epic Hero and the main character.
Who is Beowulf?
The vocabulary word that means "convincing."
What is "credible"?
What was the outcome of Beowulf`s battle with Grendel?
Beowulf attacks Grendel, rips his arm off hangs and hangs it up as a trophy
Grendel and his mother had a lair at the bottom of a lake
True
The only thing that Grendel doesn't touch in the palace
What is King Hrothgar's throne?
A monster who attacks Herot for 12 years and eats many men.
Who is Grendel?
The vocabulary word that means "forceful statement of fact or belief."
What is the word "assertion"?
The creature who has come to avenge Grendel's death
Who is Grendel's mother?
Beowulf hangs Grendel's head from the ceiling.
False, he hangs his arm and shoulder from the ceiling.
The name of King Hrothgar's mead hall
What is Herot?
A monster who lives at the bottom of a lake and seeks revenge against Beowulf.
Who is Grendel's mother?
The vocabulary word that means "to think something is true before knowing for sure."
What is the word "presume"?
Where Grendel lives
What is the deep darkness?
Grendel dies in Herot, the mead hall.
False, he goes off to die in his lair.
Who is Cain?
The king of the Danes, who enlists Beowulf's help
Who is Hrothgar?
The vocabulary word that means "saying or showing the opposite of something else."
What is the word "contradictory"?
The language Beowulf was originally written in.
What is Old English?
Grendel kills over 50 men in one night.
False, we only hear about him killing up to 30.
What the Danes were singing about to make Grendel mad
What are the ancient beginnings of the Earth?
The monster who kills Beowulf
Who is the dragon?