Anglo-Saxon Period & Culture + Beowulf

Anglo-Saxon travelling poets were called 

• Scops
• Bards
• Minstrels
• Jongleurs

Who is King of the Danes and for what problem does he need help?

• Beowulf; a superiority complex
• Ecgtheow; a hulking man/monster who ate all of his men
• Unferth; alcoholism
• Hrothgar; a hulking man/monster who ate all of his men

What does King Hrothgar decide to build?

• a funeral pyre
• a ship
• a mead hall
• a new house

Grendel caused problems for the Danes for

• a decade
• 20 years
• one winter
• 12 years

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Grendel is the descendant of what evil man?

• Hrothgar
• Cain
• Beowulf
• Hitler

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Who challenges Beowulf's strength and reputation?

• Unferth
• Hygelac
• Hrothgar
• Birnam

Why did Beowulf lose his swimming match with Breca?

• He didn't take off his armor and it weighed him down.
• He boasted that he could beat Breca even if he swam "single-handedly", so he only used one of his arms.
• Breca cheated by leaving his armor and weapons on the shore.
• He was distracted by some sea monsters that needed a good killing.

Why does the author have Beowulf NOT use weapons?

• A spell saves Grendel from death by weapon
• It enhances Beowulf's hero status
• Both A and B
• He is allergic to the metal used.

How does Beowulf view Grendel?

• As a noble adversary
• As a savage monster
• As an evil fiend from hell
• As a misunderstood miscreant who just wants to know what love is

What mistake did Beowulf make?

• He waits too long in attacking and observing Grendel and loses a man.
• He tries using a sword to kill Grendel
• He brags about successfully defeating Grendel.
• He lets Grendel nearly rip Beowulf's arm off.