Beowulf Review

Who is Hrothgar

• King of the Geats

• King of the Danes

• Not a king at all

• King of England

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Who is Hrothgar's queen?

• Wealthow

• Beowulf

• Unferth

• He never married

Beowulf is the _____ of the story

• Failure

• Antihero

• Antagonist

• Epic Hero

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Beowulf comes to the land of the Danes to rid them of _____

• Hrothgar

• Grendel

• Unferth

• The Dragon

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True or False: Beowulf kills Grendel.

• True

• False

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True or False: Grendel's mother attacks Herot after Grendel is killed.

• True

• False

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Which battle kills Beowulf?

• The battle with Grendel

• The battle with Grendel's mother

• The battle with the Dragon

• None of the above--Beowulf does not die

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Which of the following is/are characteristics of an Epic Hero? (there is more than one answer).

• Courage

• Loyalty

• Champion of Freedom

• Dies in the end

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Which of the following are characteristics of an Epic Poem? (there is more than one answer).

• The hero does great deeds

• The hero lives with his parents

• The hero never marries

• The setting is broad

What is the name of the mead-hall?

• Herot

• The Kindom

• The Lair

• The Swamp

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