Grendel
Beowulf
Grendel's Mother
Context
Miscellaneous
100
This is the villain of the story, mean to represent evil.
What is Grendel?
100
This is what allows Beowulf to defeat his opponents.
What is physical strength?
100
Where Grendel's mother lives.
Where is the bottom of a lake/marsh?
100
Beowulf and Grendel are meant to symbolize these.
What are good and evil?
100
It is the first recognized work in British Literature.
What is "Beowulf"?
200
In reference to Grendel, "The Shadow of Death" is an example of this.
What is a kenning?
200
The unusual way that Beowulf fought Grendel.
What is using his bare hands?
200
This is whom Grendel's mother kills when she attacks the mead hall.
Who is Hrothgar's best friend?
200
The author of Beowulf.
Who/What is anonymous?
200
This it the time period in which Beowulf was written down.
What is the Anglo-Saxon time period?
300
This is the only object in Hrothgar's hall protected from Grendel.
What is Hrothgar's throne?
300
Beowulf traveled across the sea to help this king.
Who is King Hrothgar?
300
This quotation about Grendel's mother's hall is an example of this. "...Then he saw, hanging on the wall, a heavy Sword, hammered by giants..."
What is alliteration?
300
The literary genre of Beowulf.
What is epic poetry/an epic poem?
300
This is how long the mead hall was deserted after Grendel's attacks.
What is 12 winters/years?
400
It took four of Beowulf's men to carry this.
What is Grendel's head?
400
This is what motivates Beowulf more than anything.
What is the desire for fame?
400
This is what Beowulf displays as a sign that he defeated Grendel.
What is Grendel's arm?
400
This is demonstrated through the words and deeds of Beowulf.
What are Anglo-Saxon values?
400
This is the name of King Hrothgar's mead hall.
What is Herot?
500
The number of men Grendel killed the first time he attacked the mead hall?
What is 30?
500
The main conflict in Beowulf.
What is good versus evil?
500
This is the irony in Grendel's mother's death.
What is the fact that she was killed by her own sword?
500
This is the language Beowulf was first written in.
What is Old English?
500
Its name is Hrunting.
What is the name of Beowulf's sword?
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