"Could not scratch at his skin..." Identify the literary device.
What is alliteration?
100
"I have heard / Too, that the monster's scorn of men / Is so great that he needs no weapons and fears none...." "...Nor will I. My lord Higlac / Might think less of me if I let my sword / Go where my feet were afraid to..."
What are the reasons Beowulf gives for deciding to fight Grendel without weapons?
200
Beowulf's King and relative
Who is Higlac?
200
Gold-shining mead-hall
What is Herot?
200
A cause of pain or distress
What is Affliction?
200
Sin-stained demon: Identify the literary device.
What is a kenning?
200
"There'll be nothing to mourn over, no corpse to prepare..."
What is why Hrothgar won't have to provide a funeral for Beowulf if Grendel should win?
300
Sin-stained demon
Who is Grendel?
300
Hrothgar's kingdom
What is Denmark?
300
An audible expression of grief
What is lament?
300
"Conceived by a pair of those monsters born of Cain" Identify the literary device.
What is an allusion?
300
A popular Anglo-Saxon beverage made with water, honey, malt, and yeast.
What is mead?
400
Winner of the swimming match
Who is Brecca?
400
The battle between Beowulf and Grendel's mother took place here.
What is her underwater lair?
400
Disgusting or hateful
What is loathsome?
400
A pause or break for literary effect. Identify the literary device.
What is a Caesura?
400
"And sometimes they sacrificed to the old stone gods, / Made heathen vows, hoping for Hell's / Support" What is this an allusion to?
What is the pagan religion of the past?
500
Committed the world's first murder
Who is Cain?
500
Grendel was spawned in this murky area
The slime/moors/marshes
500
Having a bad reputation
What is infamous?
500
"So Grendel ruled, fought with the righteous, / One against many, and won;" Identify the literary device.
What is Caesura?
500
Beowulf hears of Hrothgar's "...misery leaped / The seas, was told and sung in all / Men's ears: how Grendel's hatred began,..." Identify the part of the hero's journey that this quote represents.