Beowulf: Another Attack Review

Who attacks Heorot?

• Grendel's ghost

• Zombie Grendel

• Grendel's mother

• Grendel again, but he's a vampire now

What does the attacker remove from Heorot?

• Grendel's arm

• Grendel's mom

• Hrothgar's queen Weahltheow

• Hrothgar's friend Aeschere

• Beowulf's favorite sword

What caused this attack, according to Hrothgar?

• Grendel's mother has taken up the feud, since her son is dead.

• Hrothgar was late paying the cable bill this month and they're mad.

• Beowulf didn't actually kill Grendel, just injured him.

• Grendel's mother is in a really bad mood, okay?!

Where did Grendel and his mother live?

• In Irvington, near the circle

• In a creepy mere that animals are scared of

• In the ocean beneath the waves

• In Heorot, which they took over

What is a mere?

• a lake

• a cave

• a tunnel

• a mead-hall

Which is NOT one of the strange, uncanny things about Grendel's mother's mere?

• At night the water burns.

• Deer would rather be killed by dogs than dive into it.

• There's a frosty wood above it, with tree roots everywhere.

• Sometimes a giant geyser surges out of it.

• It's beautifully decorated with gold and treasures.

If Beowulf can "settle the feud," what will Hrothgar give him?

• A pat on the back

• A big high five

• Coffers of coiled gold

• The throne

Which of these lines does NOT contain a kenning?

• 1253: Ever since Grendel occupied the gold-hall

• 1259: monstrous hell-bride, brooded on her wrongs.

• 1292: The hell-dam was in panic, desperate to get out

• 1288: Then in the hall, hard-honed swords

• 1274: brought down the hell-brute. Broken and bowed

Which of these lines shows the best example of alliteration?

• 1253: Ever since Grendel occupied the gold-hall

• 1259: monstrous hell-bride, brooded on her wrongs.

• 1292: The hell-dam was in panic, desperate to get out

• 1274: brought down the hell-brute. Broken and bowed

What is a "heather-stepper" (line 1368)?

• a deer

• Grendel

• a plant found in moors

• an allusion

• alliteration