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The hero in the epic poem, Beowulf.
Who is Beowulf?
100
The name of the epic hero in Beowulf.
Who is Beowulf?
100
This word describes a Scandinavian hall with a single room/dining hall:
What is a mead-hall?
100
The author of Beowulf is:
What is anonymous?
100
The following is an example of what literary term: To be or not to be, that is the question: whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer."
What is a caesura?
200
The King of Heorot.
Who is Hrothgar?
200
This is what Beowulf uses to kill Grendel.
What is his bare hands?
200
This type of beverage is made of fermented honey and water.
What is mead?
200
Beowulf takes place in which European country?
What is Sweden?
200
A literary term that stands for the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
300
The Biblical character who Grendel and Grendel's mother are said to descend from.
Who is Cain?
300
The weapon used to kill Grendel's mother.
What is an enchanted sword?
300
This term describes an extensive narrative written in verse.
What is an epic poem?
300
Hrothgar is the king of which tribe?
Who were the Danes?
300
If Beowulf is the protagonist, Grendel is the ____________.
What is the antagonist?
400
The three monsters that Beowulf fights in this epic poem:
Who are Grendel, Grendel's mother and the dragon?
400
Beowulf's tragic flaw.
What is (extreme) pride?
400
This term is when a statement or question is worded in a tricky way.
What is a riddle?
400
Grendel tormented Herot for this amount of time:
What is 12 years?
400
Examples of this literary term include: whale-road; bone-cage and sleep-of-the-sword.
What is a kenning?
500
Beowulf's father, the Danish prince, who sought Hrothgar's assistance after murdering a Wulfing warrior.
Who is Ectheow?
500
This is Odysseus' most famous character trait:
What is his intelligence?
500
This is the term used to describe individuals who pre-dated the arrival of Christianity into the Germanic tribes of Europe.
What is a heathen?
500
This is the time period that Beowulf is said to be set in:
When was 400-600 AD?
500
This literary term is used when a character or characters take a "purposeful journey".
What is a pilgrimage?