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Sections 32-43
Sections 32-43
All About Grendel!
Anglo-Saxon's!
Anglo-Saxon's!
100
What incident leads the dragon on the path to vengeance?
What is a slave steals treasures from the dragon
100
Why is Beowulf's death a turning point for the Geats?
What is it brings the threat of war
100
What is Grendel's reaction to Beowulf's seizing his arm?
What is he says he's never encountered someone so strong
100
Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?
What is the Anglo-Saxons
100
Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?
What is Geoffrey Chaucer
200
How does Beowulf become king of the Geats?
What is he takes it when Herdred is killed
200
What is usually done with the treasures taken from a defeated enemy?
What is shared with the people
200
what does Grendel think of Beowulf?
What is he thinks he can "outwit" Beowulf, saying Beowulf defeated him by luck
200
Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
What is French
200
What was vellum?
What is parchment made of animal skin
300
Explain how Beowulf's ascension to the throne reinforces the character traits he displays earlier in the poem
What is he refused the throne once showing his loyalty
300
Why is it significant that the treasure from the dragon's den is buried with Beowulf?
What is it signifies the great love and respect his people had for him
300
What was the accident that, in Grendel's mind, gave Beowulf the other hand?
What is Grendel slipped on blood when he went to kick Beowulf
300
Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?
What is Arthur
300
Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:
What is the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.
400
in what way does Wiglaf resemble the younger Beowulf?
What is Wiglaf is brave, loyal, and has a sense of duty
400
Cause and Effect: Beowulf prepares to fight the dragon alone..
What is eleven other men join him
400
Does Grendel attribute Beowulf's success to his prowess or to the accident?
What is and Accident
400
Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?
What is fourteenth
400
What is the first extended written specimen of Old English?
What is a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert
500
What makes Wiflaf a worthy successor to Beowulf?
What is he has the same qualities as Beowulf
500
Cause and Effect: Beowulf slays the dragon..
What is the dragon mortally wounds Beowulf.
500
NOT ABOUT GRENDEL. Why wont Ms. Wood show us Sail Kitty?
What is the world may never know..
500
Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336?
What is Edward III
500
Who was the first English Christian king?
What is Ethelbert