Feast at Heorot Review

Who challenges Beowulf at the feast?

• Hrothgar

• Unferth

• Grendel

• Nobody

What feeling caused him to insult Beowulf?

• Envy

• Indigestion

• Attraction

• Anger

Beowulf says "it was mostly beer / That was doing the talking" when he responds (531-532). He is implying that

• Unferth is stupid to insult him.

• Unferth is only brave enough to insult Beowulf because Unferth is drunk.

• Unferth should shut up and drink some more, because they're here to have fun, not argue.

• Unferth drank Beowulf's beer and now Beowulf is jealous.

According to Unferth, why is Beowulf going to lose if he fights Grendel? (2 reasons)

• Beowulf is weak, shown by losing the swimming match with Breca.

• Beowulf is stupid, shown by choosing to come to Heorot to fight Grendel.

• No one has ever survived a fight with Grendel.

• Grendel is descended from Cain.

According to Beowulf, why did he lose the swimming match with Breca?

• Breca tricked him and took a shortcut.

• Some creature dragged Beowulf underwater and Beowulf killed nine sea monsters.

• He didn't lose; Breca just lied about it afterwards.

• Grendel attacked!

Beowulf mentions that Unferth did something horrible that will send him to hell when he dies. What was it?

• He killed his own kith and kin.

• He went to bed down in the bothies.

• He drank too much mead and talked trash about heroes.

• He swore loyalty to Hrothgar.

Who is Hrothgar's queen?

• Unferth

• Beowulf

• Hrethel

• Wealhtheow

In his Formal Boast, Beowulf promises to... ___ OR ___ (pick 2)

• kill Unferth

• kill Grendel

• leave Heorot forever

• die trying

What are the THREE qualities of a good thane?

• courage

• generosity

• loyalty

• reputation

• cleverness

What is a Kenning?

• any two words that are hyphenated

• a two-word phrase that has two words in it

• a two-word phrase that "nicknames" something based on its characteristics

• a two-word phrase that describes something and has a hyphen or a dash in it