Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Beowulf
Beowulf Too
Epic Elements
100
This vocabulary word best fits the image of the dragon presented in this quotation? "...The dragon/coiled and uncoiled, its heart urging it/into battle"
What is Writhing?
100
It was a weird and wonderful sight and the warriors stared.
What is Alliteration?
100
Beowulf uses this to defeat Grendel.
What are his bare hands?
100
This character kills the dragon.
Who is Beowulf?
100
When he heard about Grendel, Hygelac's thane At the court of King was on home ground, over in Geatland. There was no one else like him alive. Help Hrothgar In his day, he was the mightiest man on earth, high-born and powerful.
What is Epic Hero?
200
Synonyms for this vocabulary word include detestable and odious.
What is loathsome?
200
Identify the literary technique being used and who is referenced: Wexston's Son
What is alliteration and Wiglaf?
200
Beowulf is not present when she comes to retrieve an arm and kill Hrothgar's "best friend".
Who is Grendel's mother?
200
This character is speaking in "The Monster's Lair".
Who is Hrothgar?
200
They had seen me bolstered in the blood of enemies when I battled and bound five beasts, raided a troll-nest and in the night-sea slaughtered sea-brutes. I have suffered extremes and avenged the Geats (their enemies brought it upon themselves, I devastated them).
What are Valorous Deeds?
300
Synonyms of this word are atonement or restitution.
What is reparations?
300
Which words display assonance in the following quote from Beowulf: You waded in, embracing water,/ taking its measure, mastering currents,/ riding on the swell. Beowulf (ll. 513-515).
What are wading, embracing and taking?
300
True or False: In the poem Beowulf, Wiglaf makes an eloquent speech about the virtues of loyalty and bravery.
What is True?
300
Beowulf giving Wiglaf his necklace symbolizes....
What is Wiglaf will be king of the Geats?
300
So Grendel waged his lonely war, inflicting constant cruelties on the people, atrocious hurt. He took over Herot, haunted the glittering hall after dark, but the throne itself, the treasure-seat, he was kept from approaching; he was the Lord's outcast.
What is Divine Intervention?
400
When someone dies, friends and family provide this to the bereaved.
What is solace?
400
Which words in the following quote from Beowulf alliterate: "Up from his swampland, sliding silently"
What are sliding silently?
400
In Beowulf's fight to the death with Grendel's mother, this piece of his own equipment saved his life
What is his (woven) mail shirt?
400
The name of the Danes mead hall.
What is Herot?
400
After these words, the prince of the Weather-Geats was impatient to be away and plunged suddenly: without more ado, he dived into the heaving depths of the lake. It was the best part of a day before he could see the solid bottom.
What is Epic Quest?
500
Replace the word in parenthesis with a vocabulary word: A simple plan such as that used by the criminal was not sufficient enough to (disambiguate) all cases.
What is purge
500
What literary term is this and who is it describing: Edgetho's Son
What is a kenning and Beowulf?
500
It is ironic that after his death the Geats build a tower to memorialize Beowulf because......
What is Most of the Geats had deserted him in Battle?
500
Hrunting is....
What is Beowulf's sword?
500
The Geat people built a pyre for Beowulf, Beowulf"s funeral stacked and decked it until it stood four-square, hung with helmets, heavy war-shields and shining armour, just as he had ordered. Then his warriors laid him in the middle of it, mourning a lord far-famed and beloved.
What are Great Events?
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