Characters and Places
Vocabulary
Battle 1/Figurative
Battle 2
Battle 3
100

When did the Anglo-Saxon Period start?

What is 449 A.D.
100
What is a long narrative work about the exploits of a national hero?

What is an epic?

100

Why did Grendel decide not go near Hrothgars throne?

What is protected by God?

100

What did Grendel's mother do to avenge her sons death?

What is killing Hrothgars best warrior?

100

During the final battle Beowulf fights whom?

What is the dragon?

200
What country is Beowulf from?

What is Sweden?

200

What is a break in a line of poetry?

What is a caesura?

200

What is the mead hall called in the epic poem Beowulf?

What is the Herot?

200

After the battle with Grendel's mother Beowulf give ________ to Hrothgar?

What is Grendel's head?

200

In the Anglo-Saxon Period the dragon represented what?


What is death?

300

Who is the king of Denmark?

What is Hrothgar?

300

What are two words used to describe a noun?

What is a kenning?
300

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

"Made heathen vows, hoping for Hell's Support...."

What is personification?

300

Beowulf hangs Grendel's arm on the rafters of Heron to...

a. represent his victory.

b. send a warning to future attackers

c. dispel doubt from Unferth

d. All the above

What is all the above?

300

How does Wiglaf aide Beowulf in the last battle?

What is he stays to fight with the king?

400

In the beginning, who was the king of Sweden?

What is Higlac?

400

What laments the loss of something?

What is an elegy?


400

Beowulf fatally wounds the monster Grendel by doing what?

What is ripping his arm out of the socket?

400

Beowulf kills Grendel's mother by using what?

What is a sword forged by giants?

400

What items failed Beowulf in his last battle?

What is his sword?
500

What is the main theme of Beowulf?

What is Good v. Evil?

500

What is the Anglo-Saxon alphabet?

What is runes?

500

When the poet says "those monsters born of Cain" what literary technique is he using?

What is allusion?

500

In the Anglo-Saxon period people who told stories were called ______?

What is scops?


500

What is foreshadowing?

What is a hint bout what will happen?