setting
Where was grendel attacking?
What is Herot.
Who was the main character of the story? ( hint: the epic is named after him.)
Who is Beowulf.
Who does Beowulf fight first?
Who is Grendel
What is Welgard
What is man payment for killing someone.
What is in the dragon's lair?
What is gold and treasures.
What is the name of the mead-hall?
What is Herot
Who was the king of the Danes?
Who was Hrothgar.
What happened to Beowulf's shield during the battle with the dragon?
What is it melted.
What is wyrd
What is to represent ones fate.
What did they build to commemorate Beowulf?
What is, They built a tower in his honour.
How do you get to Grendel's mother's lair?
What is, by swimming through a dark lake.
Who first met Beowulf when he got ashore to find hrothgar?
Who was the watchman.
What did Beowulf use to kill the mother of Grendel?
What is a sword made by giants.
What is scops?
What is poets that kept the culture alive.
What else (besides Grendel's head) did beowulf bring back with him from the fight with Grendel's mom.
What is the hilt of the giants sword.
What is in his tower.
Who did Grendel's mother attack following the death of Grendel?
Who is Hrothgar's close friend.
Who jumped in during the battle of the dragon?
Who is Wiglag.
What is a mead-hall?
What is a hall everyone comes together in to eat and tell stories.
How many men did Beowulf have with him to fight Grendel?
What is 14.
what did Grendel have to move through to reach Herot?
what is a swamp.
Who was Beowulf's opposite.
Who is Unferth.
How many times did Beowulf's sword fail him in battle?
What is twice. once with the battle of Grendel's mother and again with the battle with the dragon.
What is collective memory?
What is knowledge known by everyone in a community or culture.
What was left with Wiglag?
What is Beowulf's helmet, mail shirt, his rings, and his cross necklace.