The Battle With Grendel: Honors

"By morning; the monster's mind was hot" (This is an example of a(n)...)

• pun.

• hyperbole.

• oxymoron.

• alliteration.

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What does writhing mean in context? "...his claws had been caught, he was trapped. That trip to Herot was a miserable journey for the writhing monster!"

• unsuccessful

• twisting, squirming in pain

• running away terrified

• hapless, hopeless, joyless

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Anglo-Saxons were skillful builders and craftsmen with a love for beauty. "Hrothgar's wise men had fashioned Herot to stand forever; only ____ ... could shatter what such skill had put together..."

• a magnificent fight of this sort

• thunder and lightning

• battering rams

• fire

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"Screams of the Almighty's enemy sang In the darkness,...." What does the underlined words signify?

• a kenning referring to Grendel

• a kenning referring to Beowulf

• a caesura to make an emphasis here about Grendel

• a caesura signifying a pause for impact

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"..., the tears torn out of Grendel's Taut throat,...." Taut most nearly means ____.

• orange-brown; yellowish-brown in color

• of little depth, not deep, surface level

• stiff, rigid, tense, tight

• mute, uncommunicative, tight-lipped

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Why is Grendel such a formidable opponent?

• He is the devil's spawn.

• He cannot be harmed by weapons.

• He is the master of Fortnite.

• He is huge, hirsute, and horrendous.

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The battle was over, Beowulf had been granted new glory: How?

• Beowulf sliced Grendel's head clean off with a Samurai sword.

• Beowulf dodged Grendel's blow and caused Grendel to slip and fall headlong.

• Beowulf snapped Grendel's shoulder shredding muscle and splitting bone causing perfused bleeding and writhing pain.

• Beowulf stamped on Grendel's head with his boot and crushed his skull skishing his eyeballs and caving in his nose.

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What was put in memorial as victory by "He who had come to them from across the sea,"?

• Hrothgar's armor on the mantle of the door.

• Beowulf's helmet hung from the king's throne room.

• Beowulf's shield dipped in gold and mounted on the door of Herot.

• The monster's arm, claw, and shoulder hung from the rafters of Herot.

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"...mounted their hard-hooved Horses, high-spirited stallions, and rode them slowly toward Herot again,..." Identify the figurative language.

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

• extended metaphor

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What is Grendel's motivation to attack so many men?

• He is jealous.
• He is hungry.
• He was denied God's grace and love.
• all of the above

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