Beowulf - Part 1
When was Beowulf written?
What is the Anglo-Saxon time period
This animal is terrorizing the Geats.
What is a dragon?
Repetition of the initial sound in a word.
What is alliteration?
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an example of this kind of story.
What is an Arthurian romance?
He wrote The Canterbury Tales.
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
Grendel and his mother live here.
What is at the bottom of a lake?
The dragon is angry because of this.
What is someone stole his treasure.
Ballads tells stories about these.
The lives of everyday people.
The author of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
Who is anonymous?
A journey taken for religious purposes.
What is a pilgrimage.
This king helped Beowulf's father.
Who is Hrothgar?
Beowulf wants these after his death.
What is to be remembered and to have a memorial built for him.
A word, line or group of lines that repeats.
What is a refrain?
Gawain breaks the Code of Chivalry by doing these.
What is cowardice and dishonesty?
The Tabard Inn at Southwark.
Where do the pilgrims meet one another?
When Grendel attacks Herot Hall.
What is night time.
Beowulf's warrior build this to honor Beowulf.
What is a tower by the sea.
A 4-line verse typically found in ballads.
What is a quatrain?
What is tempt Gawain to break his code.
The language in which The Canterbury Tales is written.
What is Middle English?
Beowulf does this to Grendel.
What is desire for fame and glory.
This a rhythmic characteristic of a typical ballad.
What is a rhyme scheme.
This saves the life of Sir Gawain.
What is the Green Knight shows him mercy.
The reason that the speaker is going on the pilgrimage to Canterbury.
What is religious devotion?