Beowulf Test Review

Beowulf Test Review

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What genre is Beowulf?

• Graphic novel

• Epic poem

• Memoir

• Historical text

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Who insults Beowulf?

• Wiglaf

• Breca

• Unferth

• Hrothgar

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Who does Beowulf battle without a weapon?

• Grendel's mom

• Grendel

• The dragon

• Unferth

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Who seeks revenge on the Danes?

• Grendel's mom

• Beowulf

• Breca

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What does Grendel's mom put on display outside her cave?

• An ancient sword

• Her son's arm

• Aschere's head

• A dragon

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Why does the dragon attack the Geats?

• Someone woke him up.

• Someone stole from him.

• Someone insulted him.

• Someone challenged him to a battle.

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Who stays to help Beowulf?

• Unferth

• Hrothgar

• Wiglaf

• Hygelac

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Which theme best captures Beowulf?

• Loss of innocence

• Loyalty

• Good vs. Evil

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Hrothgar is King of the

• Danes

• Geats

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Hygelac is King of the

• Danes

• Geats

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Heorot Hall is

• A dungeon

• A main hall

• A high tower

• A mead hall

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Why does Grendel attack Heorot?

• He hates men

• He hates the smell of the hall

• Beowulf attacks his cave first

• He hates the noise coming from the hall

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Hrunting fails Beowulf.

• True

• False

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The dragon best represents

• Honor

• Resilience

• Greed

• Hope

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Following the death of Grendel's mom, Beowulf brings back

• Grendel's head

• Grendel's mom's head

• Grendel's arm

• All of the above

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A story which explores how a person became who they are is called

• An epic poem

• An origin story

• A tragedy 

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Who killed his own brother and is said to have brought evil things into the world?

• Abel

• Grendel

• Cain

• Grendel's mom

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What did Hrothgar warn to Beowulf?

• Don't trust your men - they may try to trick you.

• Don't use a weapon to kill Grendell - he will expect that.

• Don't get cocky and waste your life caring only for treasure - death will come for you too.

• Don't forget where you came from - our family's stories are what make us.

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Who originally wrote Beowulf?

• Miss Styer

• Homer

• Seamus Heaney

• No one knows

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How many "monsters" does Beowulf slay?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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How many years are between Beowulf's fight with Grendel's mom and the fight with the dragon?

• a few days

• 10 years

• 50 years

• 100 years

Poll

We discussed the epic poem, heroes, culture, dragons, nostalgia, translating lit, bad guys, and more...phew!

Looking back, I'd give this unit...

• 1 star

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