Beowulf Study Guide

Before Beowulf arrives, the survivors of Grendel's attacks are those who ________________________________________________.

• play dead as Grendel attacks.

• hide behind the king's throne.

• leave the hall before midnight.

• leave the hall before daybreak.

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Beowulf is motivated to go to __________________________ by a desire to help the helpless.

• Sweden

• Denmark

• France

• Switzerland

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The watchman who sees Beowulf and his men land is, at first, ________________________________________.

• suspicious

• angry

• scared

• amused

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When Grendel realizes Beowulf's strength, he tries to ______________________.

• set Beowulf on fire

• throw Beowulf off a cliff

• summon the other warriors

• flee

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Beowulf kills Grendel with his ________________________.

• sword

• bare hands

• gun

• spear

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_________________________ irony is displayed when Grendel's mother is killed with her own sword.

• Dramatic

• Verbal

• Situational

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Beowulf's ______________________ saves his life during his fight with Grendel's mother.

• helmet

• mail shirt

• sword

• knife

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Fate was against Beowulf for the first time during his battle with ___________________________.

• Grendel's mother

• the dragon

• Grendel

• Wiglaf

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In literature and history, dragons are well know for hoarding _________________________________

• food

• wine

• bodies

• treasures

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__________________ tells his comrades they should have helped Beowulf fight the dragon because they had promised to help him when he needed them.

• Grendel

• Wiglaf

• Hrothgar

• Grendel's mother

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