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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 giant's sword from the cave wall

200
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 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

A pledge of loyalty and brotherhood to the death, Latin word

What is comitatus?

300

Gave Hrunting to Beowulf

Unferth

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

What keeps Beowulf safe from the sea monsters and the she-beast's claws?

What is his chain mail shirt.

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

What is the golden horn used for?

As a drinking vessel (cup)

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 for weregild / revenge.

500

How does Beowulf kill the dragon?

What is he cuts him in half

500

Referring to something famous to make a point, like a book, piece of art, or historical event.

What is an allusion?

500

King of the Danes? 

Who is Hrothgar?