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Battle with Grendel
Battle with Grendel's Mother
Battle with the Dragon
Terms
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 do before he died?

What is to go and get the treasure so he can see his reward or to build him a monument by the sea so all can remember his name

100

A long narrative poem

What is an epic

100
The name of Beowulf's sword
What is Hrunting
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
Comes to Beowulf's rescue

Wiglaf

200

repetition of beginning sounds

alliteration

200

Hrothgar builds this as a place for the Danes to hang out and party

What is Herot

300
Grendel casts a spell on this
What is the men's weapons
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

I’m Beowulf, son of Higlac, the greatest of warriors, and I have slain many monsters, I have swam in the ocean for days, and men everywhere speak of my victories!”

What is “to introduce yourself by boasting?”

300

This melts and leaves Beowulf at the dragon’s mercy.

What is Beowulf’s shield?

400
Why did Beowulf keep Grendel's arm after killing him
What is to keep is as a trophy
400

What were Grendel's Mothers intentions regarding Beowulf?

What is to seek revenge for her son's death

400

What happens to the dragon's treasure?

What is it is buried in the monument/tower they built for beowulf

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

The King of the Danes

What is Hrothgar

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

How does Beowulf kill the dragon?

Wiglaf kills the dragon for Beowulf

500

Who is the author of Beowulf

what is anonymous?

500

Future King of the Geats

What is Wiglaf