Battle with Grendel
Battle with Grendel's Mother
Battle with the Dragon
Terms
People, places & things
100
What causes Grendel to enter Herot in the beginning
What is he was irritated with the music and loud men
100
Where the Battle with Grendel's Mother took place
What is underwater
100

Who came to Beowulf's rescue?

What is Wiglaf?

100
A long narrative peom
What is an epic
100

The name of sword Unferth gave to Beowulf?

What is Hrunting

200
How Beowulf kills Grendel
What is he rips his arm off with his bare hands
200
Beowulf uses this to kill Grendel's Mother
What is the sword from the cave wall
200

What did Beowulf ask Wiglaf to do before he died?

What is to see the gold and build a tower for him?

200

repetition of beginning sounds

alliteration

200

Hrothgar's famous Mead Hall.

What is Herot

300

Where does Grendel go after Beowulf battles him in Heorot. 

What is the underwater cave? 

300
Beowulf takes this with them from Grendel's Mother's Lair
What is Grendel's head
300

Who stole the goblet from the dragon's lair?

What is a servant/ slave from town?

300

What is an oral story teller called?

What is a Scop?

300

Hrothgar's Wife

Queen Wealhtheow

400

What does Beowulf use to battle Grendel

What is his bare hands?

400
What was Grendel's Mothers intentions
What is to seek revenge for her son's death
400

What happens to the dragon's treasure?

What is it is buried in the monument/tower they built for Beowulf?

400
two-word poetic renamings of people, places, and things
What is a kenning
400
The King of the Danes
What is Hrothgar
500

What characteristic does Beowulf show during the Battle with Grendel

What is bravery

500

What happens to the weapon from the cave and what part of it does Beowulf bring back to Heorot.

What is her blood melts the sword and Beowulf brings back the hilt?

500

Why was Wiglaf upset with Beowulf's army and why was this such a big deal?

What is they abandoned Beowulf in battle, this was a big deal because it goes against the Anglo- Saxon beliefs of loyalty and bravery.

500

A rhythmic break in the middle of lines

What is caesura

500

King of the Geats

What is Hygleac

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