Beowulf

Beowulf is thought to be written by

• Geoffrey Chaucer
• William Shakespeare
• Homer
• A traveling Anglo-Saxon poet

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Anglo-Saxon travelling poets were called 

• Scops
• Bards
• Minstrels
• Jongleurs

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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

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What does King Hrothgar decide to build?

• a funeral pyre
• a ship
• a mead hall
• a tower that can be seen by sailors

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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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How many men did Beowulf bring?

• 14
• 12
• 30
• 24

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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

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The people of ____ are under attack from Grendel.

• Herot
• Geatland
• Higlac
• Germany

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Beowulf is from

• Denmark
• Geatland
• Germany
• Herot

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