The Battle With Grendel's Mother

The Geats keep a vigil refusing to believe that Beowulf will not return to them. What Anglo-Saxon value is shown here?

• fame

• honor

• loyalty

• bravery

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Identify details that Beowulf is superior to all others.

• It takes four men to carry Grendel's skull back to Herot; Beowulf is able to hold it by the hair to show Hrothgar.

• Some 14 Geats arrived at the Hall bold and warlike, and with Beowulf their lord and leader.

• The Geats carried Beowulf's helmet and his mail shirt.

• Then that noble protector of all seamen swam to land, rejoicing in the heavy burden he was bringing with him.

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"It was a weird and wonderful sight, the warriors stared...." What literary device is used here?

• oxymoron

• synecdoche

• alliteration

• extended metaphor

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"And then the battle's only survivor swam up and away from those silent corpses; the water was calm and clean, the whole huge lake peaceful once the demons who'd lived in it were dead." What has Beowulf metaphorically restored and reinforced?

• He has restored and reinforced order to nature.

• He has restored and reinforced light to darkness.

• He has restored and reinforced good triumphing over evil.

• All of the stated.

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Hrunting is....

• the name of the water witch's abode.

• the name of Beowulf's sword.

• the name of Herot's new name.

• the name of Hrothgar's closest friend.

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How does Grendel's mother inadvertently give Beowulf an advantage?

• She is caught unaware when he arrives.

• The she wolf is too hungry to strategize effectively for battle.

• She lets her hatred-tuned revenge subside over time.

• She takes him into her hall protecting him from other sea monsters.

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What motivates Beowulf once again to ditch his weapon to fight Grendel's mother?

• honor

• treasure

• fame

• loyalty to Hrothgar

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What prevented Grendel's mother from killing the Geats' Proud Prince?

• The woven mail shirt he wore on his chest.

• The fact that he was in a building with high arches.

• His finely-etched sword.

• As she sat on his stomach, he was able to slip out beneath her.

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Identify the elements of the supernatural.

• Then he saw, hanging on the wall, a heavy Sword, hammered by giants...

• And blessed with their magic, the best of all weapons...

• But so massive that no ordinary man could lift its carved and decorated length.

• All the stated.

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Which is NOT a similarity of Beowulf's fight with Grendel?

• He fights alone.

• He fights after one is sacrificed.

• He suffers several disadvantages.

• He fights for fame.

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