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Who is the author of Beowulf?
Anonymous
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What are Beowulf's people called?
Geats
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Where did Grendel live?
Darkness, or lair.
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How many men did Beowulf bring with him?
14
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How does Hrothgar die?
Suicide.
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Anglos, Jutes, and Saxons combined to form a tribe called _____?
Anglo-Saxons
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The man who stayed behind to help Beowulf.
Wiglaf
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Beowulf and his men sailed to this country to bettle Grendel.
Denmark
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Number of years Grendel attacked.
12
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Who is Grendel's father?
Hrothgar
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During the time period Beowulf was created, religion in England was changing from Pagan to ____?
Christianity
300
King of the Danes.
Hrothgar
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The greatest of all Mead halls.
Herot
300
Why does Grendel attack?
Too much noise in the hall.
300
As long as Grendel's mother kept this, Beowulf would remain king.
Golden horn.
400
Name 1 Anglo-Saxon value?
Courage, Leadership, Bravery, or Fatherhood.
400
King of the Geats, Beowulf's kin (cousin).
Higlac.
400
Where did Beowulf kill Grendel's mother?
In her underwater lair.
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Grendel was born of what descendent?
Cain
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Identify one of Beowulf's flaws
Answers may vary
500
Beowulf was first considered a _____ epic?
Folk
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Identify a characteristic of the EPIC hero.
Quest, Valorous Deeds, Divine Intervention, Noble Birth, or fights evil to save others.
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This place stands in honor of Beowulf.
Beowulf's Tower.
500
How did Beowulf awaken the dragon?
A loud battle cry!
500
"Perhaps Hrothgar can hunt here in my heart..." What literary term is this?
Alliteration