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What language is Beowulf written in?
Old English
Middle English
Modern English
Spanish
Grendel is a demon descended from ____________.
Cain
Abel
Bocephus
The epic poem opens with a description of ___________
The creation by God
Beowulf explaining his new sword
Beowulf talking about killing water monsters
Grendel gets angry because the men are ____________
Singing loudly and praising God
sleeping and won’t open the door
Won’t give him any mead
The name of the Mead Hall is
Herot
Hrunting
Camelot
The King of the Danes is named _________
Herot
Hrothgar
Arthur
Grendel kills ______ men when he comes the first time
12
15
30
Beowulf fights Grendel with ______________
His sword Hrunting
His bare hands
A dagger
Beowulf kills Grendel by _________
Stabbing him in the heart
Pulling off his arm
Cutting off his head
Grendel’s ________ comes and kills Hrothgar’s best friend and takes Grendel’s arm
Mother
Daddy
Sister
Aunt
Beowulf floats for hours to the bottom of the lake to kill Grendel’s mother.
True
False
Grendel killed sea monsters and giants before he came to defend Herot.
True
False
Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother with ______________
His bare hands
His sword Hrunting
Excalibur
A magical sword made by giants
Beowulf returned to Geatland and became king. He ruled for ______________ years in peace.
10
25
50
A dragon becomes angry because ___________ and he starts attacking people.
someone woke him up
a thief stole a cup
someone insulted his family
Beowulf is deserted by all of his men except _____________
Wiglaf
Hrothgar
Grendel
After Beowulf died, he asked that his men _______________
build a tower to honor him
spit the dragon's treasure among themselves
make Grendel the king
Before he dies, Beowulf asks to see ___________.
the dragon's treasure
his mother
his children
Beowulf was told over and over again for hundreds of years before it was finally written down on paper. This is called _____________________.
boring
the oral tradition
short stories
The people who traveled to the mead halls to tell stories were called
scops
prisoners
my DJ
The dragon is a symbol of ________________.
fire
death
ancient holidays
birth
The monster Grendel reflects the fear of the people hearing the story. Grendel symbolizes the fear of
darkness
unknown
swords
Both A and B
By reading Beowulf, we can tell what the Anglo-Saxons valued. They valued________________
peace
treasure
war and fame
both B and C
How does the reader know that Beowulf had superhuman strength?
four men are required to carry Beowulf's armor
four men are required to open a door that Beowulf opens easily
four men are required to carry the head of Grendel that Beowulf carried easily
Grendel cannot hurt Hrothgar because______________
Hrothgar has so many guards
his throne is protected by God
Hrothgar is Grendel's cousin, so he can't hurt family
The swords of the men do not harm Grendel because _______________
his skin is so scaly
he has put a spell on all weapons so that that no weapons can harm him
The men are too weak to fight Grendel
Beowulf is a_____________________
short story
play
novel
epic poem
After Beowulf defeats Grendel, he ______________
hangs Grendel's arm from the rafters
calls the scops to tell them to add to the story
tells his men to get ready to go home
One of the themes discussed in Beowulf is
the importance of love
the violence and horror of war
power of good over evil
Bravery and honor were important values of the Anglo-Saxons.
True
False
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