Beowulf Character Quiz Review

This is the monster that drug Beowulf into a great mead hall that is located at the bottom of an ancient lake.  Beowulf beheads them with their own sword.

• Beow
• Grendel
• Grendel’s Mother
• The Dragon

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

This character challenged Beowulf to a swimming match and lost.  They are an example of good sportsmanship, a quality important to the Anglo-Saxon culture.

• Wiglaf
• Breca
• Unferth
• Hrothulf

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This character is King of the Danes.  He ‘adopts’ Beowulf as an heir despite having two young sons.

• Hyglec
• Hrothgar
• Hrothulf
• Hrethric

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

This character is King of the Geats.  He is Beowulf’s uncle.

• Hyglec
• Hrothgar
• Hrothulf
• Hrethric

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

This character becomes King of both the Geats and the Danes and rules for over 50 years of peace and prosperity.

• Beowulf
• Hrothgar
• Hrothulf
• Unferth

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

This character is Queen of the Geats.  She is meant to symbolize for Anglo-Saxon culture what the “perfect wife” would be.  She is young, beautiful, and a gracious and a generous hostess.

• Beow
• Wealtheow
• Queen Modthryth
• Hygd

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

This character is a model of the loyalty that was valued by the Anglo-Saxon culture.  He alone stands by Beowulf during the battle with the dragon while the other thanes run away and abandon the battle.

• Wiglaf
• Breca
• Unferth
• Hrothulf

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

This character is Queen of the Danes.  She gives Beowulf a gift of a golden torque (collar/breastplate) as a symbol of the bond between her people and Beowulf.

• Hygd
• Wealtheow
• Queen Modthryth 
• Beow

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This is the monster that Beowulf kills bare handed by ripping off their arm.

• Beow
• Grendel’s Mother
• The Dragon
• Grendel

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

This character acts as a foil for Beowulf.  They are unable to back up their own boasts and accuse Beowulf of being a liar.

• Hrothulf
• Unferth
• Wiglaf
• Breca

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4