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Battle with Grendel
Battle with Grendel's Mother
Battle with the Dragon
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People, places & things
100
What causes Grendel to enter Herot in the beginning
What is he was irritated with the music and loud men
100
Where the Battle with Grendel's Mother took place
What is underwater
100

What did Beowulf ask Wiglaf to get before he died?

What is to go and get the treasure so he can see his reward?

100
A long narrative peom
What is an epic
100

The King of the Danes

Who is Hrothgar

200
How Beowulf kills Grendel
What is he rips his arm off with his bare hands
200
Beowulf uses this to kill Grendel's Mother
What is the sword from the cave wall
200

This person comes to Beowulf's rescue

Wiglaf

200

repetition of beginning sounds

alliteration

200

Hrothgar builds this in celebration of the Danes' victory

What is Herot

300

Grendel was a descendent of this biblical figure

Who is Cain?

300
Beowulf takes this with them from Grendel's Mother's Lair
What is Grendel's head
300

true or false: Wiglaf thinks he and his comrades should help Beowulf fight the dragon because then they can claim the treasure.

What is False: He thinks they will help because they had already promised to repay Beowulf's kindness with their lives

300

A rhythmic break in the middle of lines

What is caesura

300

King of the Geats

What is Higlac

400
Why did Beowulf keep Grendel's arm after killing him
What is to keep is as a trophy
400
What was Grendel's Mothers intentions
What is to seek revenge for her son's death
400

How does Beowulf kill the dragon?

What is he cuts him in half?

400
two-word poetic renamings of people, places, and things
What is a kenning
400

This person becomes King of the Geats after the death of Beowulf

Who is Wiglaf?

500
What characteristic does Beowulf show during the Battle with Grendel
What is bravery
500
Why does Grendel's mother only kill one soldier in the beginning
What is to lure Beowulf into her lair
500

Beowulf wants this happen after his death

Build him a monument by the sea so all can remember his name

500

bard or minstrel who preserved oral traditions by reciting epic tales, often to musical accompaniment

what is a scop?

500

Beowulf takes place in this European country

What is Denmark?