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

This person comes to Beowulf's rescue at the end


Who is Wiglaf?

100

A long narrative poem

What is an epic

100
The name of Beowulf's sword
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 Beowulf asked Wiglaf to do before he died

What is to go and get the treasure so he can see his reward or to build him a monument by the sea so all can remember his name?

200

repetition of beginning sounds

alliteration

200
Hrothgar builds this in celebration of the Danes' victory
What is Herot
300

Grendel is descended from this person

Who is Cain?

300

Beowulf takes this with him from Grendel's Mother's Lair

What is Grendel's head?

300

True or False: Wiglaf thinks he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because then they can claim the treasure.

What is False: He thinks they will help because they had already promised to repay Beowulf's kindness with their lives

300
A rhythmic break in the middle of lines
What is caesura
300

Gave Hrunting to Beowulf

Unferth

400
Why did Beowulf keep Grendel's arm after killing him
What is to keep is as a trophy
400
What was Grendel's Mothers intentions
What is to seek revenge for her son's death
400

This is 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
Why does Grendel's mother only kill one soldier in the beginning
What is to lure Beowulf into her lair
500

How does Beowulf kill the dragon?

What is he cuts him in half

500

Anglo-Saxon term for the concept of fate

What is wyrd?

500

King of the Geats

What is Higlac

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