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Perhaps Hrothgar can hunt, here in my heart,
What is alliteration?
100

The greatest of all mead-halls built to withstand all forces except fire.

What is Heorot?

100
Sometimes boastful and sometimes brash this protagonist was an epic hero to the end.
Who is Beowulf?
100

This was the only woman in the poem. She served mead to the soldiers and was treated respectfully.

Who is Wealtheow?

100

The object that killed Grendel's Mother.

What is a giant sword?

200
she-wolf, water witch, guardian of crime and ring-giver
What is a kenning?
200
The modern day country that was home to Beowulf.
What is Sweden?
200
He was mournful and powerless in his peoples’ battle with their enemies, but this ring-giver was well respected by his people.
Who is Hrothgar?
200
His brash, drunken retelling of the swimming match made him an unlikely future supporter of Beowulf.
Who is Unferth?
200
It was well made and special enough to be named. But the most curious thing about it was that Unferth gave it to Beowulf.
What is Hrunting?
300
At night that lake Burns like a torch.
What is a simile?
300

The place where the dragon guarded gold.

What is the dragon's home?

300
As it turned out this menacing beast who had attacked Herot for 12 winters was just a kid.
Who is Grendel?
300
This matriarchal figure was out of place in the poem, but it was a sword blessed by giants that did her in.
Who is Grendel's mother?
300

This person killed his brother out of jealousy, thus breaking the concept of wergild and getting bansished by God. 

Who is Cain?

400

The Good Man of the Geats

What is an epithet?

400

The modern day country that was home to Hrothgar.

What is Denmark?

400

The man who competed with Beowulf in a swimming match.

Who is Brecca?

400

This greedy characetr who brought Beowulf's demise.

Who is the dragon?

400

The only soldier to stay by Beowulf’s side and future Geat king.

Who is Wiglaf?

500
293 ... I treated them politely, 294 Offering the edge of my razor-sharp sword. 295 But, the feast, I think, did not please them,
What is a metaphor?
500
The home of the descendants of Cain.

What is the hellish lake where the monsters lived?

500
This was Hrothgar’s father, illustrating the patriarchal aspect of Anglo-Saxon culture.
Who is Healfdane?
500

Hrothgar’s lieutentant who was the watchman who spotted Beowulf and his 14 warriors coming ashore and led them to Herot.

Who is Wulfgar?

500

The Danish man and friend killed by Grendel's Mother.

Who is Aeschere?