Characters
Battles
Beowulf
Powerpoint/Paraphrase
100
Who is king of the Danes?
Who is Hrothgar
100
Name in order each of the battles Beowulf fights.
Who is Grendel, Grendel's Mom, the Dragon
100
Why does Beowulf sail with chosen companions to Hrothgar's Kingdom?
What is to help him destory Grendel
100
Define Wergild.
What is In Anglo-Saxon and Germanic law, a price set upon a person's life on the basis of rank and paid as compensation by the family of a slayer to the kindred or lord of a slain person to free the culprit of further punishment or obligation and to prevent a blood feud.
200
Who is king of the Geats?
Who is Higlac
200
How is the battle with the dragon different from all the other battles?
What is a sword and armor
200
Define how Beowulf proves to be a legendary story
What is a hero is present that's better than all other men
200
Define Wyrd.
What is fate personified.
300
What does Beowulf handing over his gold necklace and armor to Wiglaf symbolize?
What is him passing on rulership
300
At the end of the battles with Grendel, what does the poet attribute Grendel's defeat to?
What is God's Power
300
Give one way in which Beowulf is honorable
What is refuses to use a weapon
300
The author of Beowulf
Who is unknown?
400
Who is Beowulf's father?
Who is Edgetho's
400
Wiglaf thinks him and his comradesshould help battle the Dragon because.....
What is they promised Beowulf their lives
400
Why is it ironic that after Beowulf's death, the Geats build a tower for him?
What is they left him in the battle with the Dragon
400
Paraphrase the following lines: "Edgetho's son stared at death, unwilling to leave the world."
What is Beowulf knew he was dying but was not yet ready.
500
What kenning is used to describe Beowulf in the text? (A kenning is a two-word poetic renaming.)
What is "Edgetho's son"
500
State the battle you feel is most important and why.
What is (Any battle will work as long as there is sufficient support.)
500
What is an appropriate theme for Beowulf?
What is valor will triumph; good will prevail over evil
500
Paraphrase the following lines: "So the living sorrow of Healfdane's son simmered bitter and fresh and no wisdom or strength could break it-that agony hung on king and people alike."
What is Hrothgar was sorrowful about Gredal killing all his men, and so were the people of the kingdom
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