Beowulf

Who/what is Herot?

• King of the Danes

• King of the Geats

• A drinking hall

• A great sword

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Grendel is the grandson of...

• Hrothgar

• Beowulf

• the devil

• Cain

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What animal is Beowulf named after?

• Wolf

• Bear

• Deer

• Bee

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Who distrusts Beowulf?

• Wealtheow

• Hrothgar

• Unferth

• Brecca

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Beowulf has the strength of ____ men in each hand.

• 10

• 30

• 50

• 100

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How does Beowulf defeat Grendel?

• Rips his arm off

• Chops his head off

• Cuts him open from the crotch to the chin

• Beats his head against the wall

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What does Unferth give Beowulf?

• Hrunting

• Nagling

• Gold

• A helmet with a boar's head engraved on it

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What literary device is it when the author is stuck and magically fixes the protagonist's problems?

• Situational Irony

• Deus ex Machina

• Imagery

• Allusion

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Who is the only one who comes to help Beowulf against the dragon?

• Wiglaf

• Brecca

• Unferth

• Higlac

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What language is Beowulf written in?

• Latin

• Middle English

• Welsh

• Old English

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