Characters
Battles
Book Facts
Hero Cycle
Vocabulary
100
Who is our hero, the "mighty protector of men?"
Beowulf
100
What is the first battle we experience with Beowulf?
Battle with Grendel
100
What is the oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon text?
The Epic of Beowulf
100
What is Beowulf's overall quest/desire for?
Glory, Fame, and Fortune.
100
What is a term for a figure attacking or battling against the main character?
Antagonist
200
Who is the monster able to pick up thirty men at once?
Grendel
200
What is caused by Grendel's death?
Battle with Grendel's Mother
200
When is the story set/first created?
500s or the 6th Century
200
What magical creatures are all in the story? (Often as challenges)
Grendel, Sea Monsters, Dragons
200
What is a term for something that "cannot fail?"
Infallible
300
Who is the warrior who helps Beowulf fight the dragon?
Wiglaf
300
What is the outcome of the Dragon battle?
Beowulf dies due to his injuries.
300
Where is the story set?
Scandinavia, mostly Denmark and Sweden
300
What supernatural worlds does Beowulf travel to?
A hall attacked nightly by monsters, an undersea lair, a treasure trove.
300
What is a large pile of firewood, often used to cremate bodies?
Pyre
400
Who is the king of the Danes?
Hrothgar
400
How does Beowulf kill Grendel's Mother?
With the Giant's sword
400
Beowulf's author is?
No known author
400
What does Beowulf do after winning a battle?
He parties.
400
What is another word for attack?
Assail
500
Who is the warrior who insults Beowulf?
Unferth
500
What is the number of sea monsters Beowulf kills during the swimming competition?
9 sea monsters
500
Which two tribes do we focus on in the story?
Geats and the Danes
500
In which battles does Beowulf nearly lose.
Grendel's Mother, The Dragon
500
What is a term for deep sadness, often expressed during an Elegy?
Lament
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